A six-year-old boy is being taught table manners, how to manage money and how to “properly respect others – especially women” by taking his mother out on a date once a month using his pocket money.
Mother Nikkole Paulun, 22, of Monroe, Michigan, is known in the US for appearing on the MTV show ’16 and Pregnant’.
In a Facebook post showing a picture of her son Lyle rummaging in his Spiderman wallet, Ms Paulun explained that she gets taken on a “dinner date” once a month by the six-year-old.
“He opens doors for me, pulls out my chair, talks about his day and asks me how mine was, pays the bill with money earned by doing chores and even tips the waiter/waitress,” she wrote.
Ms Paulun said she is teaching her son “proper table manners and that it’s rude to sit on your phone on a date with your mom or anyone else” and they both put their devices away.
“He learns the value of money and how to manage it. He learns how to do math as we add up what we want and make sure we have 15 per cent of it to leave for a tip,” she wrote, adding that “by doing this I am teaching him how to treat a lady and how to take her out on a proper date”.
“It’s never too early to teach your child how to properly respect others, especially women,” she wrote.
Lyle has been taking his mother out for dinner for four months now, and it has “definitely made us closer,” she told ABC News.
She told the broadcaster it has also improved his manners learned on their dates with other people such as his teachers. “I have seen him use his politeness everywhere. He will ask people who come over questions about their day or life. It’s so cute,” she said.
