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Parents who started investing for their kids at birth, how did that go?

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May 16, 2026 · 03:14

We just had our first child and are focused on making her life easier than mine and my wife’s. We will be opening investment accounts for her this year, with the goal that money will not be a hinderance to their happiness or following their dreams, by the time they are 35. In other words, I would love for their investments and our discipline to have earned them \~$2.5m USD (our 1 million + inflation) by my age.

Things don’t always go according to plan though, so I would love to hear from other parents who took a similar approach to setting up their kids from birth. How has it panned out for your family?