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When should you give money to your children?

Gifts and inheritance to children, timing of giving.

Axis: give while they are young … leave it as inheritance

Answers by date: 2 records in 2 sources, newest first; the answers above are the current ones. One answer from each speaker here, so no change can be shown.

date who answer source
2022-06-30 Ali Agreeing with Bill Perkins, Ali says that if you want to give money to your children, give it to them when they are young rather than when you die. You’re Saving for a Life You’ll Never Live 00:04:42
2022-01-07 Bill Perkins (quoted) Die With Zero's chapter on children says to give them money while you are alive and they are in their 20s or 30s, when they can use it for a house deposit or a first car, rather than as an inheritance in their 50s or 60s. 15 Books To Read to Change Your Life 00:08:11