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<blockquote data-quote="InsaneCdn" data-source="post: 662649" data-attributes="member: 11791"><p>Some creative grandparent $$$ ideas... as in, for those with a bit of it to throw around. I've known families where the parents were downright wealthy, and the kids struggling but wanting their independence, and here's what two families did (one idea from each one).</p><p> </p><p>1) Make investments in the grandkid(s) names - whether it is an education fund, or stocks in Disney, or something... where it is directly for the grandkids</p><p> </p><p>2) Pay for costly but extremely healthy activities for the kids that the parents agree would be great but can't afford... hockey, horses, swim club... something that the kid REALLY has a long-term interest in. Be prepared to invest yourself as well as $$, if you do this.</p><p> </p><p>In the second case, the kids still had hand-me-down clothes, and home-made lunches. They were not well off. When the other kids said... but you're in Hockey... your parents have money... the kid explained that the grandparents were paying for that - it was a gift. It really took some of the "poor kid" heat off at school. The parents could have afforded the activity somehow, but it would have generated financial requests from the kids in other areas... sometimes it's a nice option. Because the kid was in one "cool" activity, they were accepted, poor or not.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="InsaneCdn, post: 662649, member: 11791"] Some creative grandparent $$$ ideas... as in, for those with a bit of it to throw around. I've known families where the parents were downright wealthy, and the kids struggling but wanting their independence, and here's what two families did (one idea from each one). 1) Make investments in the grandkid(s) names - whether it is an education fund, or stocks in Disney, or something... where it is directly for the grandkids 2) Pay for costly but extremely healthy activities for the kids that the parents agree would be great but can't afford... hockey, horses, swim club... something that the kid REALLY has a long-term interest in. Be prepared to invest yourself as well as $$, if you do this. In the second case, the kids still had hand-me-down clothes, and home-made lunches. They were not well off. When the other kids said... but you're in Hockey... your parents have money... the kid explained that the grandparents were paying for that - it was a gift. It really took some of the "poor kid" heat off at school. The parents could have afforded the activity somehow, but it would have generated financial requests from the kids in other areas... sometimes it's a nice option. Because the kid was in one "cool" activity, they were accepted, poor or not. [/QUOTE]
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