{"id":1053,"date":"2026-05-06T17:42:56","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T17:42:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/sting-says-not-making-kids-work-is-a-form-of-abuse\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T17:42:56","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T17:42:56","slug":"sting-says-not-making-kids-work-is-a-form-of-abuse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/sting-says-not-making-kids-work-is-a-form-of-abuse\/","title":{"rendered":"Sting says not making kids work is &#8216;a form of abuse&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/05\/127123493.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Sting is giving his kids tough love.<\/p>\n<p>The former frontman of The Police said he believes that not making kids work is \u201ca form of abuse.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think the worst thing you can do to a kid is say, \u2018You don\u2019t have to work,&#8217;\u201d the musician <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/KPvs1-Jlw_g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">declared on \u201cCBS Sunday Morning\u201d<\/a> over the weekend. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Sting (seen above with his wife, Trudie Styler, and child at the 2001 Academy Awards) thinks not making kids work is \u201ca form of abuse.\u201d  <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cI think the worst thing you can do to a kid is say, \u2018You don\u2019t have to work,&#8217;\u201d the musician (pictured above with Eliot Sumner and Trudie Styler in 1999) declared on \u201cCBS Sunday Morning.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cI think that\u2019s a form of abuse that I hope I\u2019m never guilty of,\u201d Sting, born Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner, added.<\/p>\n<p>The 74-year-old, who has six children from two marriages, gushed that his kids have all \u201cbeen blessed with this extraordinary work ethic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhether it\u2019s the DNA of it or whether I\u2019ve said to them, \u2018Guys, you got to work,&#8217;\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cI think that\u2019s a form of abuse that I hope I\u2019m never guilty of,\u201d Sting (seen here last month) added. <span class=\"credit\">BACKGRID<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The 74-year-old (seen in Australia last month) gushed that all six of his kids have \u201cbeen blessed with this extraordinary work ethic.\u201d  <span class=\"credit\">BACKGRID<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201c\u2018I\u2019m spending our money. I\u2019m paying for your education. You\u2019ve got shoes on your feet. Go to work,&#8217;\u201d Sting shared.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s not cruel. I think that there\u2019s a kindness there and a trust in them that they will make their own way. They\u2019re tough, my kids.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When asked if his children have ever complained about the arrangement, Sting replied, \u201cNo \u2026 not to my face, they don\u2019t!\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cWhether it\u2019s the DNA of it or whether I\u2019ve said to them, \u2018Guys, you got to work,&#8217;\u201d Sting (pictured with his daughter Mickey at the \u201cMobLand\u201d NYC premiere in 2025) noted. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cI think that there\u2019s a kindness there and a trust in them that they will make their own way,\u201d he said. (Pictured: Ruthie Cooper, Jake Sumner, Trudie Styler and Sting at the Nike Stadium NYC opening in 2010.) <span class=\"credit\">Patrick McMullan via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The 17-time Grammy winner \u2014 who has an estimated net worth of $550 million \u2014 has publicly spoken out about his beliefs when it comes to his wealth and his kids in the past.<\/p>\n<p>Back in 2014, he revealed that his kids <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2014\/06\/22\/stings-children-wont-be-getting-much-of-his-306m\/\">won\u2019t be getting trust funds<\/a> from his vast fortune.<\/p>\n<p>At the time, Sting told the Mail on Sunday\u00a0that the wealth would be \u201calbatrosses\u201d around the necks of his six children.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople make assumptions that they were born with a silver spoon in their mouth, but they have not been given a lot,\u201d he told the outlet, adding that \u201cthere won\u2019t be much money left because we are spending it!\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>In 2014, Sting (seen above on \u201cThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon\u201d) revealed his kids won\u2019t be getting trust funds from his vast fortune. <span class=\"credit\">Todd Owyoung\/NBC via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The Grammy winner (seen above at the Metropolitan Opera House in 2025) has an estimated net worth of approximately $550 million. <span class=\"credit\">Bruce Glikas\/Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Notably, the \u201cDune\u201d actor came from humble beginnings, growing up in a shipbuilding community in northeast England.<\/p>\n<p>He was previously married to actress Frances Tomelty from 1976 to 1984. The former couple shares two children: Joe, 49, and Fuschia, 44.<\/p>\n<p>Following Sting and Tomelty\u2019s split in the early \u201980s, the hitmaker <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2016\/11\/08\/sting-wouldnt-have-been-much-without-trudie-styler\/\">married\u00a0Trudie Styler<\/a>\u00a0in August 1992. They share four children: Mickey, 42, Jake,\u00a040, Eliot, 35,\u00a0and Giacomo, 30.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/06\/parents\/sting-says-not-making-kids-work-is-a-form-of-abuse\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sting is giving his kids tough love. 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