Teach Nothing For Free, These Parents Tell Their Children To Work

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JAKARTA - Spoiling children is a common thing, but what about parents who choose to employ their children? This ambitious story comes from the couple Sophie and Phil McGennity from Preston.

Their children, Crystal (8) and Hallie (3) have part-time jobs in various places around the house.

Both of them work after doing their duty, namely school. Crystal will go to work after school and Hallie from the nursery. Then they joined their parents until six in the afternoon.

Sophie and Phil have a trampoline park where their two children work cleaning the floors.

It's just the Monday and Tuesday schedule. Wednesday to Sunday, the two of them work at the horse racing lessons. There they study and feed and clean sometimes every day.

There is a reason behind their children working. Sophie and Phil want to teach children that nothing in this world is free. "I want them to win in life so they don't have to worry about money and stability," Sophie said as quoted from Dailymail, Tuesday, October 27.

Sophie also said that she had worked since she was young in various clubs as well as her husband. Therefore, they feel how difficult it is to achieve a good life and all it is done by achieving it through work.

"We don't force them to do anything, we just ask them to complete their commitments and they can come out when they're done."

In fact, this action elicited a negative response from those around them. "But they like to complain when their child is lazy, so that a strong work ethic must be taught from an early age and that's why our children are successful when they are young."

At home, Crystal and Hallie also made their own beds and machine washed clothes.

"Crystal gets homework from school every week and she gets extra assignments because she always collects assignments on school days giving her assignments."

"They are not spoiled, bribed or controlled, if they live up to their commitments they deserve to be rewarded."