A MUM made her 18-year-old daughter sign a lease agreement in order to continue living at home and charged her $100 per month in rent.
The Oklahoma mum-of-six shared a short clip her daughter Jada, 18, signing the tenancy agreement.
The mother accompanied what she described as a “teaching moment”, with the song Hard Knock Life, from the musical Annie.
She uploaded the video to TikTok with the caption: “When your 18-year-old decides to stay at home.”
The clip got a huge amount of attention from fellow TikTokers and now has more than 1.6 million views and 4k comments from viewers, many of whom disagreed with the controversial move.
After seeing the many negative comments on the post, Jada’s mom posted a follow-up video to TikTok where she explained to her over 24,000 followers why she chose to ask her daughter to sign the contract.
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She said: “I was a single mom at 16 and my parents didn’t set me up for success, I had to fight for every single thing I have.”
She explained that she didn’t want her children to “depend” on her and wanted to prepare her kids for “the real world”.
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The mom-of-six explained that if you rent in their area, you need to be able to provide “renter history” so making a legal contract meant that her daughter would have the paperwork for future homes.
Speaking about the $100 monthly charge, the mum said: “That’s the only bill [Jada] pays, no car payment, no insurance, no cellphone bill.”
And added that the cash is spent on: “Utilities, room, food and everything else.”
The parent explained that she asked all of her children to sign similar forms on turning 18 and that it was “setting them up for success”.
Many viewers said that they had been asked to do something similar by their parents, and some said that it had had a negative impact on their relationship.
One person said: “My parents did this and we no longer talk! So good luck I guess.”
Another said: “I’m glad my parents love me.”
A third said: “I could understand after college or something but fresh out of high school I would just leave and never talk to my mom again.”
But not everyone was so down on the initiative with some applauding the mum for implementing the contract.
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One person said: “Here is the thing. As a mom I would say ”I won’t be here forever, so I need to teach you how to take care of yourself now’.”
Another said: “I don’t know why people are crapping on you this is a great thing to educate and easy to save their ‘rent’ for future use.”
