Tess Daly has said that she and husband Vernon Kay refuse to splash out on expensive gifts for their children because they don’t want to spoil them.
The TV presenters have two daughters, Phoebe, 10, and Amber, six, and Strictly Come Dancing host Tess revealed that they didn’t have a luxury lifestyle despite their famous parents.
She told The Mail On Sunday’s You magazine: “I’m not in a financial position to provide for my children’s future, but even if I could, I wouldn’t want to. You can’t make life too easy, because you remove their will to succeed.
“We’ve always been aware of teaching them the value of things, I try to explain that stuff doesn’t just arrive, and that when we go to work, it’s to pay for holidays and treats.
“I’d hate to have a spoilt brat – I’d think I hadn’t done my job properly. I want them to be appreciative.”
She also explained more about how she had been teaching Phoebe about finances.
Tess said: “Right now, we’re setting up a pocket money system with my eldest. We’re doing reward charts and we’ve explained that we can’t buy her everything.
“She now has the will to save her own money so she can be a bit more independent and buy the little things that she wants.”
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