Myleene Klass really goes by the book when it comes to paying her kids for chores.
Instead of pocket money, Ava, 14, and Hero, 11, keep accounts of work done and wages received – and invoice her.
Both have kept ledgers since they were five and the TV host, 44, said the unusual practice is intended to teach them life skills.
Former HearSay singer Myleene said: “As a woman in the workplace, I know just how hard it can be to ask for what is owed and then get it.”
She will not pay her kids unless the ledger records the job, its date, fee and her signature. She said of Ava: “I could just say, ‘Thank you for cleaning the windows, here’s £2’.
“But doing it this way means she’s thought about it and she has learned the value of her time and her work, as well as an important skill for later life – how to invoice – should she go into a profession that needs it.”
In her new book, They Don’t Teach This at School, Myleene revealed that after lockdown, Ava’s list of completed jobs topped 200 – and she had to part with a lot of money.
She said: “I couldn’t argue because she had her ledger to back it all up.
“My kids have to earn their pocket money. I want my children to feel empowered every step of the way and know their worth.
“I have raised them to be strong in their bodies and minds, and capable.”
This week her family, including partner Simon Motson and son Apollo, two, joined her at the University of East Anglia, where she received an honorary doctorate.
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