Leave them as much as you can, or let them struggle a little? We get into investing for your kids, teaching financial literacy, and whether too much help quietly builds entitlement, and we land somewhere that isn't about money at all.
Chapters
- 0:00Intro: inheritance or the struggle?
- 2:03Giving his daughter what he didn't have
- 7:11A leg up, not a handout
- 9:08Teaching kids to give
- 10:35Why Jose won't pay for college
- 11:31Character over cash
- 13:18Teaching kids to invest
- 14:34Setting up the kids' investing accounts
- 17:04Saving vs. investing
- 24:22Jason's baby steps with money
- 26:41What our parents taught us
- 29:38Different levels of broke
- 33:37Luck vs. hard work
- 35:35Lessons as the real inheritance
Your turn
Inheritance or struggle: what did you get, and what will you give?
Answer in the YouTube comments, or send us your own question for a future episode.
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Half the Allowance, Invested: How Jose Set Up His Kids
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