this is the literal fakest shit. But yeah, the solution is to demonstrate to the child how much the shit sucks. Build up a document where you'd "charge" the kid for rent and utilities, and cut off any allowance or gift money. Suggest they get a job, and peg the rent and utilities to 101% of income. Don't actually do it, but this usually shuts that line of thinking down. It's entirely based on a lack of understanding or experience with not being on the top of every heirarchy they imagine or believe they experience in managed environments.