Build Trust, Prepare Family for Inheritance

As usual – Rick Kahler has written a great article with some powerful ideas worth thinking about – asking whether or not it is wise to leave your children money.

Steve

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“I’ve never seen money passed from one generation to another in a manner that actually benefited the recipient.” When a psychologist said this to me several years ago, I was dumbfounded.

Many parents scrimp, save, and sacrifice so they can “leave something to the kids” with the intention of doing them good. It’s hard to accept that inheritances may actually do harm instead. Most of us have money scripts that don’t support this idea.

Typically, I used to hold several money scripts around inheritances. One was that leaving money to your children is a loving thing to do. Another was that parents should always leave their money to their children. A third was that anyone who received an inheritance would invest it wisely, using only the earnings to improve their lives.

via Rick Kahler: Build Trust, Prepare Family for Inheritance | Financial Awakenings.