The Kitchen Chore More Celebrity Kids Are Expected to Do Before They Can Use a Phone

A parent’s list of jobs for children tends to start at the sink and the stove. Celebrities handle the same question as everyone else: what should kids be expected to do, and when do they earn a phone?

No famous parent has publicly tied one kitchen chore to phone access. What they have shared is a set of kitchen habits and a few phone rules, which still make for useful ideas.

Chopping the Vegetables

Anna Faris has said it’s important to her that her son becomes self-sufficient, and she treats the kitchen as part of that. She says she’ll let him chop vegetables and wants him to know how to cook.

She even describes it as a gift to a future partner.

Chopping is a sensible first job for children who are ready for it. It builds knife skills, keeps hands busy, and gives them a stake in what ends up on the plate.

Everybody Has a Job

In a joint interview, Camila Alves McConaughey said everybody’s got a job in the kitchen, including the children. Her husband added that the family plays music while they cook.

Assigning each person a role keeps the kitchen from becoming one adult’s burden.

It also makes cooking feel like a shared activity, not a punishment. Washing produce, setting the table, or stirring a pot are small tasks that count.

Doing It Without a Payment

Sarah Michelle Gellar has said she isn’t thrilled by the idea of paying children for household work. She calls herself big on child labor in a half-joking way, noting that her kids help make the mashed potatoes.

Her view is that some tasks come with being part of the family.

That is a useful counterpoint to chore charts that attach money or rewards to every job. It treats helping in the kitchen as an expectation, not a transaction.

The Kitchen Phone

Kylie Kelce has talked about keeping a shared phone in the kitchen for her children instead of giving each their own right away. She described plans to keep phones on the first floor, saying they’d be going nowhere but the first floor.

The children would take one when heading somewhere without a parent, or for sports.

It’s an approach to phones built around the home’s busiest room. A shared phone keeps use visible and makes the kitchen a gathering point.

Where the Two Ideas Meet

None of these parents links the chores to the phones. Still, the two ideas fit together naturally for families who want to try it.

A child who helps with dinner each night is building responsibility.

Parents who want to connect the two can make an agreement, such as regular kitchen help being part of the readiness conversation for a phone. That’s an idea, not a celebrity rule, and every household can set its own terms.

What Parents Can Borrow

Start with small jobs and give every child a role. Skip the cash rewards and treat helping as part of family life.

Keep phones visible, with the kitchen as a home base.

Above all, be consistent. Children tend to rise to expectations that are clear, calm, and the same every day.