children

1. 17 December 2021

   Kids and money – building financial literacy and investing on their behalf

   If you're actively thinking about your children's financial literacy, they're already lucky — that you care is more important than any specific tactic. I'm sceptical of both the Barefoot-style jam-jar…

2. 18 February 2020

   What type of inheritance do you want to leave?

   My wife and I joke that cafe treats and holidays are "coming out of the kids' inheritance". It's strictly true. But your children don't just inherit money when you die — they inherit memories, experie…

3. 12 November 2018

   Parents can help out their children by underwriting risks

   Parents help their kids in obvious ways — education, deposits on homes. But there's a subtler one worth naming: underwriting risks. A parent in a sound financial position can take the place of a traum…