A mother has started teaching her nine-year-old twins “real life lessons” — making them pay rent , fines for messy rooms and even risk “eviction.”
LaToya Whitfield, 38, gives her daughters, Grace and Autumn, weekly lessons on money , responsibility and the value of hard work.
After her daughters demanded expensive dinners twice in one week a month ago, LaToya bought play money and set up a weekly payment system. 5
The twins must pay $80 rent, $10 for electricity, and $5 for WiFi and gas. If they don’t pay, they face “eviction” to the sunroom.
She also fines them for dirty rooms but gives bonuses for good grades and behavior.
LaToya, a HR recruiter and custom T-shirt business owner from Atlanta, said: “I don’t want to make it hard for them. 5
“I just want to drop the