DTH-XII-0037
“I built wealth for my kids and now I see it might just divide them.”
You meant the money as a legacy, but money with no values attached often becomes a battlefield. The real inheritance was never the number — it's whether they learned how to be people who don't tear each other apart over it. There's still time to build the legacy that actually matters: the character, not the cash.
Your Practice
- Talk to them now about the money, plainly, while you can shape expectations.
- Make your values as explicit as your will. They'll remember the first longer.
- Model generosity and fairness now. They inherit conduct more than dollars.
- Decide what you want them to be to each other, and spend your remaining years building that.