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Ben Affleck He teaches his children that he shouldn’t expect handouts from his famous father.
Last month, the 52-year-old actor made headlines after he and his son Samuel were featured on a viral video, closing the $6,000 Dior Air Force 1 request for 13-year-old Dior Air Force 1 during that time.
In her Tuesday appearance on “Today with Jenna & Friends,” the “Accountant” star spoke about his exchange with Samuel and opened up about his approach to parenting.
“He wanted these sneakers. ‘These sneakers are $6,000. What are you talking about? What are you going to do: mow the grass? Did you get $6,000?” “He was like, ‘I have money.’ I said, “I have money!”
Ben Affleck teaches children that they shouldn’t expect handouts from their famous father. (Marila Sicily)
Affleck said it is important for his children to understand the value of hard work.
Ben Affleck closes teenage son’s $6K shoe request: “I have money, you’ve broken.”
“You love your kids. You want to give them everything and do everything for them, but I think you will definitely be at a disadvantage to them by not connecting. [if] You want what you want, you have to work for it,” he said.
The Oscar winner shares Samuel with his ex-wife, Jennifer Garnerwith two older children.
Affleck revealed that Yale freshman Violet and high school student Finn are already already employed.
“Two of my oldest people have jobs. In fact, one has just done work. There are classic teenagers who work in the shop. I won’t say what that is,” he said. “My older guy at university is working and is about to win a summer internship.”
“And yeah, my 13-year-old son, he’s thinking about that reality now. He doesn’t look at his shoes in the closet. Well, he has his shoes.
“And I said, ‘Well, if you want that, you can work 1,000 hours,” he added. “Do you know what I mean? Minimum wage. And if you work 1,000 hours, you might not want to spend that on a pair of shoes.”
Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner were married between 2005 and 2015. They share three children. (Getty Images)
in Original video It was shared on March 3rd, and Affleck and Samuel were able to see Samuel browsing various pairs of shoes at the sneaker convention where they found Dior shoes. Seeing the hefty price tag, Affleck told his son, “It’s a lot of the grass you’ve cut out there.”
Affleck previously addressed the clip in an interview with Access Hollywood at the SXSW Film Festival in Austin, Texas.
“That’s what happens when you tell your mother—they have to mow the lawn,” he told the outlet at the premiere of his film “The Accountant 2.” “All of a sudden they didn’t want those shoes and he said, ‘But I’d always say they’re tough.’ I’m like, “Man, you don’t need $1,000 shoes.” ”
Affleck grew up in a middle-class family in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The actor’s mother, Christopher “Chris” Anne Bolt, is a former elementary school teacher who received a master’s degree from Harvard University.
Affleck refused to buy $6,000 sneakers for his son Samuel. (Allen Berezovsky/Getty Images)
Timothy Affleck, the father of Affleck, who had been struggling with alcoholism for many years, did not attend college and worked as a Harvard auto mechanic, bartender and admin.
Timothy and Chris Anne, whom sons share Casey Affleck, 49, divorced when Affleck was 12 years old. After moving to California, Timothy eventually accepted the drinking and worked as an addiction counselor.
In an interview with Grazia Daily in 2018, Timothy told the outlet that she is proud of Ben and Casey by staying humble after rising to fame.
“My sons are both hardworking. They have an incredible amount of empathy. They never forget where they came from, they are very kind and generous. Those are the qualities I cherish,” he said.
Affleck is one of several stars who spoke about their tough love parenting style. This is a look at other celebrities who teach their children to become financially independent.
Marie Osmond
Marie Osmond does not intend to make her child into her inheritance. (via Weiss Eubanks/nbcuniversal/nbcu Photo Bank Getty Images)
Marie Osmond I made the headline in February 2020 when I revealed in an episode of “The Talk” that I didn’t intend to leave inheritance for eight children.
The 65-year-old entertainer repeated Affleck’s words, saying that if she “passes their wealth,” it would be “a huge loss” for her children.
“You take away the most important gift you can give to your child, and that’s the ability to work,” she explained.
“In rich families who don’t know what their kids should do, they see it a lot, so they’re proud of what they make,” Osmond said.
The “Paper Rose” singer doubled her stance in January 2023 An interview with Us Weekly.
“To be honest, why would it allow your child not to try to become something? If they just hand over the money, then no one knows who will become something,” Osmond said. “For me, the biggest gift you can give to your child is to search for who they are and have a passion for working. In other words, I’ve done a lot from the design of dolls. [and much more]. I love to try [and] I want to try everything. I’m the finisher. ”
The celebrities are mothers of eight. (David Crotty/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images)
Osmond shared her views on leaving her child Inheritance Just “bringing laziness and rights.”
“I’m going to work hard and use it all and enjoy it with my husband,” she said.
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Osmond made it clear that he would lend his children a helping hand if necessary, but she emphasized that it is important for her to learn to become independent.
“I don’t help kids,” she told us each week. “In other words, [if] They need help [buying] A car or something [I will pitch in]. ”
“I love them to learn. If you don’t get it, you don’t love anything. So even if they get their first car, you pay half of it, get a job, learn that self-worth. [it] Osmond added.
Osmond shares his son, Stephen Jr. with his husband, Stephen Craig Sr., and the singer and her ex-husband, Brian Brosil, are the parents of seven children, Rachel, Jessica, Michael, Brandon, Brianna, Matthew and Abigail.
Gordon Ramsay
Gordon Ramsay is committed to teaching children the value of hard work. (Fox via Getty Images)
Gordon Ramsay previously expressed his indifferent interest in riding his children freely.
When he appeared on the show Last Meals in 2024, the 58-year-old celebrity chef shared that his children received “several hundred dollars” of allowances each month.
“If they save it for 12 months, I’ll match it for them at Christmas,” he explained.
Food Network Star Gaifieri does not give children a free ride.
“They’ve been able to stay true to their form by saving all their dollars. So when you started practicing, at 10, 11, 12, 13, they got them. Part-time work – Suddenly, their minds are focusing on their career paths,” Ramsay said. They are very disciplined and they are on top of it, guys. ”
Ramsay shares six children with his wife, Tana Ramsay.
Ramsay shares six children with his wife Tana. (Dave Bennett/Getty Images)
In a 2017 interview TelecommunicationsRamsay revealed that he has no intention of leaving his own luck with his child.
“We definitely won’t go to them. It’s not mean, it’s about not ruining them,” he said. “The only thing I agree with Tana is that they get a 25% deposit on the flat, but not the whole flat.”
Ramsay continues, “I’ve never been really turned on about money. That’s not my primary purpose, it’s reflected in the way my kids are raised.”
Additionally, the “Hell’s Kitchen” star shared that his children are not sitting with themselves and Tana on family holidays, as their children are still not “working hard.”
He said, “I turn left with Tana, they turn right and I say to the Chief Stewardess, ‘They don’t come near us, I want to sleep on this plane.’ I made my f-king a- to sit near the pilot, but when you graft for it, you appreciate it more. ”
Guy Fieri
Guy Fieri holds two university degrees and makes the child an inheritance only if the child is working for it. (Brandon Todd/Nbae via Getty Images)
Guy Fieri made it clear that unless his children work for it, his children will not be handed over anything.
The 57-year-old TV host shares his sons, Hunter and Rider with his wife, Lori Fieri.
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“I told them the same thing my father told me. My father said, ‘When I die, you can expect me to die, and you will pay for the funeral.”Diner, drive-in, dive“The Starr said in a December 2023 interview with Fox News Digital.
“And I told the boys, we’ve never been there.
Fieri explained that he would not inherit his child unless he graduated from university and earned a graduate degree.
Fieri is depicted along with his son Hunter, left and son Rider. (David Becker/Tim Nuwachuku)
The restaurateur added that Rider also initially found his father’s choice that his first car was unfair.
“Look the key up, I’m going, ‘I’m going, I’m going, son.” Laughter from ear to ear, press the button, and the alarm goes off on my parents’ 1994 Champagne Chrysler minivan,” recalls Fieri. “Because that day I bought my mother a new car and took the van out of them. …I took him for about a week and he softened, then he loved the minivan. He was the coolest guy around it.”
His older son, Hunter, holds a master’s degree from the University of Miami. He has himself too Contract with Food Network He is one of the top sales representatives of Fieri’s wine brand Hunt & Ride.
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Speaking about Hunter, Fieri told Fox News Digital, “I think kids are going to explode.”
Lori Bashian of Fox News Digital contributed to this report.
