Sting thinks it would have been "a form of abuse" to have given his children unlimited financial support.
The 74-year-old singer - who has Joe, 49, daughter Fuschia, 44, with first wife Frances Tomelty and Mickey, 42, Jake, 40, Eliot , 35, and Giacomo, 30, with spouse Trudie Styler - has previously stated he has no intention of leaving his vast fortune to his kids, and he admitted that he still has that stance because he has always wanted them to make their own way in the world.