There’s nothing wrong with working and making money, but some people are extra careful not to become greedy or turn a hobby into a chore.

In this case, a girl likes teaching math, but when her parents suggested she start charging for her lessons, she felt uneasy.

Would you turn a passion into a business just because it’s profitable?

Let’s read the whole story and the comments.

AITA for refusing to monetize my hobby?

For reference: I am 16 and the oldest of my other 2 siblings and my parents are currently in some financial stress after being sued (which they won but still needed to pay a lot for lawyers).

I adore maths and study it in my free time and love sharing my passion.

My way of sharing my passion is often by teaching it to other children and adults who want to learn.

I do this for free as I believe all (with some exceptions but you get it) education should be free for everyone to access and learn from especially the things that will be taught in school.

She has strong beliefs, but her parents suggested a change.

So I was pretty shocked when my parents suggested I make people pay for knowledge.

My gut reaction was that I want to keep my passion a passion and not a way to make money and that if I charge people for maths I would make others less passionate about maths.

They suggested this to be a way that they would need to give me less allowance and maybe contribute to the household.

(Where I live I would get paid more than double the minimum wage, so I would still make a LOT more money than I get from my parents).

But she is on the fence about it.

But the biggest component for me is that I feel guilty? (I think, I’m not sure what emotion) if I think about charging people and I understand it probably is pretty irrational.

And it is kind of double-sided that I think teachers should be paid a lot for teaching but that I shouldn’t.

AITA?

We all need to think about money at some point, and maybe this is the moment for her.

Let’s see how Reddit reacted to this.

Some advice.

Maybe it’s not such a bad idea.

Why not both?

This person has a different take.

I agree.

A ‘pay what you can’ system would be a good way to compromise.

But it’s her decision.

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