Should I set up a trust fund for my kid?

[p0ink]

plus, not having kids is one of the benefits of being gay. instead of spending all of this money on some kid, you can spend it on yourself.

it doesnt get much better than that.

 

[HumorMe]

your friend sounds like she is being awfully selfish and only thinking of herself.

There is a lady in my town that has done this exact same thing. Her daughter is a little bit younger than my youngest daughter but attend the same birthday parties and things with my child.

To say the least, her daughter is very strange. Kind of like a child whose parent is very very overprotective. Not saying anything wrong with being protective of your child but you can go to extremes in this department.

I don't know, different strokes for different folks.

Getting back to trust funds, I think setting one up for kids is alright with the right stipulations and guidelines in place. Of course, we don't know the future and how our kids will turn out. I sure wouldn't want my child receiving a trust fund at say 18 or 21 years of age, if she was irresponsible or a drug addict. So, setting it up for them to receive it later in their lives would be better suited for my worries.

Yes, my kids have a trust fund, so to speak, but it is designed for their education. Whatever will not be used for their education, will be available to them at a later time in their lives.

 

[HansNZ]

There is a lady in my town that has done this exact same thing. Her daughter is a little bit younger than my youngest daughter but attend the same birthday parties and things with my child.

To say the least, her daughter is very strange. Kind of like a child whose parent is very very overprotective. Not saying anything wrong with being protective of your child but you can go to extremes in this department.

I don't know, different strokes for different folks.

For goodness sake, I know traditional two parent families who produce strange kids. Let's take the christian fundamentalist parenting dogma elsewhere and get back to TRUST FUNDS.

 

[p0ink]

What a load of rubbish! Take your conservative/christian/republican OPINIONS of what a "good" family environment is and go elsewhere.

This is a thread about TRUST FUNDS. Don't try an hijack it. I don't berate you for the psychological trauma you will cause your kids by exposing them to a corrupt religion or a regressive conservatism.

i'm not basing these comments on opinion, i am basing them on facts and statistics that have been compiled over the years.

growing up with two parents in my house was far better than what i saw with my friends being schlepped back and forth to different parent's houses on the weekends and dealing with all of that shit.

dont be such an defensive shit next time.

 

[HansNZ]

i'm not basing these comments on opinion, i am basing them on facts and statistics that have been compiled over the years.

growing up with two parents in my house was far better than what i saw with my friends being schlepped back and forth to different parent's houses on the weekends and dealing with all of that shit.

dont be such an defensive shit next time.

STOP HIJACKING MY THREAD!!! Is there ever a time when you can't resist forcing your conservative biases and the manipulated statistics they use to "prove" them down the throats of others!

 

[HansNZ]

Getting back to trust funds, I think setting one up for kids is alright with the right stipulations and guidelines in place. Of course, we don't know the future and how our kids will turn out. I sure wouldn't want my child receiving a trust fund at say 18 or 21 years of age, if she was irresponsible or a drug addict. So, setting it up for them to receive it later in their lives would be better suited for my worries.

Yes, my kids have a trust fund, so to speak, but it is designed for their education. Whatever will not be used for their education, will be available to them at a later time in their lives.

I'd manage it and control it, so I could anticipate circumstances. It isn't just the payout at the end that is important, it is the financial assistance it offers on the way too.

 

[Bikini Mod]

My best friend says that she'll take financial responsibility for the kid. Even though she earns as much as two people put together, I still want to help out in some way, even if it is only $150 a week. I'm aiming for the fund to be worth around the $250,000 mark by the age of 21.

The trust fund would help me out too. I'd probably have to subsidise it for the first five years, but after that it would be able to provide a weekly income to the mother of its own accord. It would also help with big costs along the way, i.e. computers for school, school trips, etc. It would pay university fees and provide a weekly income while the kid is studying too.

I'd loved to have finished college with 250k!

You both sound like this is well thought out. This will be very unconventional and no doubt you guys will get a lot of flack, but FUCK EM.

Many children are raised in less than conventional circumstances and they grow up to be wonderful human beings. As long as a child is taught love, self-respect, discipline and basic human kindness they will be fine.

I wish you and your friend the best.

 

[HumorMe]

For goodness sake, I know traditional two parent families who produce strange kids. Let's take the christian fundamentalist parenting dogma elsewhere and get back to TRUST FUNDS.

Did I quote you in my response? I was just agreeing with pOink..

You are right though, screwed up kids come from all families. I was just making an observation. Geesh!

Nobody is immune from producing "strange kids".

I addressed the topic of this thread in the second part of my response but you chose to single the first part out for your own beliefs.

 

[HansNZ]

You both sound like this is well thought out. This will be very unconventional and no doubt you guys will get a lot of flack, but FUCK EM.

Many children are raised in less than conventional circumstances and they grow up to be wonderful human beings. As long as a child is taught love, self-respect, discipline and basic human kindness they will be fine.

I wish you and your friend the best.

Remember I don't live in conservative America. This is quite normal in my country/Europe/etc. Our native culture the Maoris never had two parent families, so in our society no one thinks anything of alternatives to these two parent structures. What we are doing is commonplace here. To cut a long story short, people (under age 65) here wouldn't think what we are doing is odd.

 

[HansNZ]

Did I quote you in my response? I was just agreeing with pOink..

You are right though, screwed up kids come from all families. I was just making an observation. Geesh!

Nobody is immune from producing "strange kids".

I addressed the topic of this thread in the second part of my response but you chose to single the first part out for your own beliefs.

I responded to the second part too. See post #16