Category: leaving a legacy
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When it comes to expecting parents to leave them an inheritance, how do our kids compare to those in Germany and Italy? Hint: A sense of entitlement is alive and well here.
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On the importance of keeping a will up to date and our adult kids informed about our estate plan.
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Five rules for purging the stuff stuffed in our closets, file cabinets and crawl spaces–the stuff our grown kids will never, ever want.
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When a grown child needs financial support, you can make sure there are no interruptions if you’re no longer here.
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Don’t scrimp on your retirement spending in order to leave money to the grown kids. They don’t want it or expect it–or so the studies say.
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Thank you http://afterthekidsleave.com for this William Morris downsizing reminder: “Keep nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful.” Or that your kids will want.
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A financial assist for an adult child can still keep your estate whole for the rest of the heirs.
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PowerPoint, iPhone apps and Facebook can help us share our wisdom with the ages–and delight our grown children when we’re gone.
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Sharing the adventure of travel with grownchildren and Grands–not just now but through the ages.
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For those of us who started our journalism careers during the Mad Man era, Jill Abramson’s firing is a reminder to remind our grown children how far we have to go and how far we’ve come.