How Do I Keep My Child From Being Spoiled By A Trump Account?
Ramsey Everyday Millionaires
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🗓️ 3 April 2026
⏱️ 5 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | This episode is brought to you by SmartVester. |
| 0:07.8 | Connect with an investing pro near you at ramsysolutions.com slash smartvester. |
| 0:13.6 | Today's question comes from Kyle in Florida. |
| 0:16.2 | He says, I'm going to be a new dad soon and want to do everything I can to set my son up for success. |
| 0:21.3 | We plan on opening a Trump account for him and contribute $5,000 a year. |
| 0:25.2 | How can we avoid a mindset of entitlement in our son if this account has hundreds of |
| 0:30.9 | thousands of dollars in it when he turns 18? |
| 0:33.8 | We'd like to reinforce the idea that we did not set up this account to squander the money away |
| 0:38.4 | on ridiculous material purchases every 18 year old dreams about. |
| 0:42.3 | What's the best way to set up boundaries on how this money can be used? |
| 0:47.5 | That's a great question. |
| 0:48.5 | It's a really great question. |
| 0:49.4 | And there's kind of two sides of it, George. |
| 0:51.4 | The first side I'm seeing is just raising a child in the way that he should go, |
| 0:56.4 | right? Like there's what you're teaching him about money in the next 18 years is really huge. |
| 1:01.5 | And then there's the side of, is this really the best option for you? Do you want to have control |
| 1:07.6 | over that money or do you want him to receive this money at 18? So there's |
| 1:11.8 | kind of the strategy side of how is it smart for him to receive that kind of money at 18. So let's |
| 1:20.4 | talk about both. I'll kind of start with the raising side. I think whatever you show your kids the |
| 1:26.2 | most is what they're going to pick up on |
| 1:27.8 | and they're going to learn. And so if you've created a lifestyle where we don't squander things in our |
| 1:33.5 | home and we're very thoughtful about our purchases and we don't buy things to impress other people, |
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