A note left by a mother on her son’s “disrespectful” door has gone viral on the internet

The majority of people are aware that adulthood is more complicated than it may appear to children. Youngsters may observe things like a refrigerator full of food, a comfortable home, and unrestricted internet, but they frequently lack an understanding of the effort required to achieve those things.

To teach her disrespectful son that “nothing comes for free,” one mother chose to give him a humorous, “real world” lesson. Heidi Johnson was dealing with her rebellious 13-year-old son, Aaron, in 2015. Aaron “wanted the advantages of growing up without the responsibility that comes with it,” she clarified.

Araon believed he was exempt from his mother’s regulations about homework completion since he had begun earning a small income as a YouTuber. He even bounded out of her room, claiming that because he was “making money,” he was a “free person.”

The single mother responded to Aaron’s actions by writing him a “tough love” letter, which she posted on Facebook. Her post became viral once more over a decade later. “I guess you need a lesson in independence since you seem to have forgotten that you’re only 13 and that I’m the parent, and that you don’t want to be controlled,” starts Johnson’s note. She outlined the guidelines Aaron would have to abide by in order to behave like an adult in what she referred to as a “roommate contract.”

“It should be easier for you to pay back for everything I’ve bought for you now that you’re earning money,” she added. Johnson said that he would be responsible for paying his share of the expenses if he wanted things like his lamp, lightbulbs, or internet access.