A mom refuses to leave a penny of her kids’ inheritance — instead using her “hard-earned” cash to further her own career and buy clothes to perform in. Janey Kirk, 60, says her children, Carla, 30, and Adam, 26, are “in the same mind frame” and stand by her controversial choices — wanting their mom to enjoy herself. Despite cash being off the cards, Janey will leave her house, car and Airbnb business to her kids — but wants to make sure they work hard themselves to understand the value of money.
Janey suggests parents with “idiot” kids shouldn’t leave money to them — as she believes they’ll “waste it and squander it”. Janey spends what she needs “when needed” and says her children need to work “all their days” to be in the same position. Believing inheritance money is more of a “modern thing,” Janey says she was never left money by her mom and dad.
Janey, a singer from Fife, Scotland, said: “I’ve always believed that your house is good enough to leave. “If you’re a young 60 like I am, I don’t feel that I should have to be putting money away from my kids when I could be using it to further mine and Carla’s career, go on working holidays and buy new clothes to work in. “If I didn’t have to look after my mother then I’d probably be in Greece every month.
“I don’t put money away, I spend it as I need it and I use it as I need it. “When I die, if there’s anything left, then it’s theirs of course. “I’m quite .