“It was never really about having him pay me back; it was to help him gain an appreciation of what things cost. He recognized right away that he couldn’t pay rent, utilities or for food,” she explains.
Online users jumped into the comments section of her post, praising her creative discipling.
One netizen wrote of the note, “Great Job. Nothing in the agreement is cruel punishment but will teach him a lesson he will carry through life.”
“I know you are not looking for praise nor disapproval but I have to let you know, as a fellow mom, that I think you are an amazing. You gave your son the opportunity to learn and grow,” shares a second.
“Bravo to you for acting like a parent instead of a maid,” writes a third.
‘Real world’
Responding to a handful of users who accused her of publicly shaming her son, Johnson shares another post explaining that she is “not ashamed” of what she wrote.”
“A teenager is going to push their limits” she starts. “They are in that developmental stage where one foot is starting to cross into adulthood, while the other is still firmly planted in childhood…I cannot send this child into college or the workforce with the attitude of ‘I’ll get to it when I get to it’ when a superior tells him to get a job done. That is the real world.”
Johnson adds, “Nothing comes free. Someone is making a sacrifice somewhere down the line.”
What do you think of this mom’s creative parenting style?
