{"id":3795,"date":"2024-11-13T08:16:54","date_gmt":"2024-11-13T08:16:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buzzfeednews.uk\/?p=3795"},"modified":"2024-11-13T08:16:54","modified_gmt":"2024-11-13T08:16:54","slug":"mom-leaves-note-on-disrespectful-sons-door-and-now-its-going-viral-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/buzzfeednews.uk\/?p=3795","title":{"rendered":"Mom Leaves Note On \u201cDisrespectful\u201d Son\u2019s Door, And Now It\u2019s Going Viral"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dealing with her 13-year-old son Aaron\u2019s rude behavior and lack of attention toward his homework, Heidi Johnson of Temple, Arizona, discovered a creative solution. After he claimed his income from YouTube cleared him of any domestic responsibilities, she chose to leave a detailed letter on his bedroom door. Along with responsibilities and a $30 cleaning fee for incomplete tasks, the note listed a false \u201cinvoice\u201d for living expenses including $116 for rent, $21 for internet, and $150 for food.<\/p>\n

Hey Aaron, I am the parent here and you neglected to mention that you are just thirteen. Based on Aaron\u2019s behavior and the responsibilities involved in acting independent, looks like you need a reminder about being independent.<\/p>\n

Online readers disagreed on Johnson\u2019s tough-love approach. While some supporters appreciated her teaching duty, others felt her approach was too rigorous. \u201cI gave him a \u2018bill\u2019 to show a lesson,\u201d Johnson said to clarify her thinking. Nothing is free in this world. Someone must ultimately give something up.<\/p>\n

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Johnson\u2019s experience has spurred a more general conversation on parenting, what it means to be responsible, and how to equip children for the demands of growing up. Her message ends with a reminder that she imposes boundaries and is a loving parent, therefore stressing the crucial blend of discipline and affection in healthy parenting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dealing with her 13-year-old son Aaron\u2019s rude behavior and lack of attention toward his homework, Heidi Johnson of Temple, Arizona, discovered a creative solution. After he claimed his income from YouTube cleared him of any domestic responsibilities, she chose to leave a detailed letter on his bedroom door. Along with responsibilities and a $30 cleaning […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2723,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-random-stuff"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/buzzfeednews.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3795","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/buzzfeednews.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/buzzfeednews.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/buzzfeednews.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/buzzfeednews.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3795"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/buzzfeednews.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3795\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3796,"href":"http:\/\/buzzfeednews.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3795\/revisions\/3796"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/buzzfeednews.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/buzzfeednews.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/buzzfeednews.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/buzzfeednews.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}