To wonder how you would give DC the best life ever if money was no object?

[Ifimnottheone]

Before anyone says anything, this is of course not saying that money buys happiness, of course not. This is assuming that the child has a loving family, etc.

So, if you had unlimited amounts if money, how would you give your children the best life ever.

My list would be:

1. The best education money could buy.
2. Access to whatever extra-curricular activities/tutoring they desired.
3. A spacious, comfortable house with their own bedroom.
4. Regular travelling
5. Days out

Am I missing anything?

We would continue to home educate but use the money to travel the world. Also put money aside for helping them as adults be it property/business/travel.

Home schooling with tutors. Both my kids hate school.
Regular trips to different countries.
A much bigger house.
I would also keep all different animals.

Private healthcare
Private education
A housekeeper to free up my time to spend with them
Driving lessons when they turn 17
Financial help through uni
Weekend breaks away with me for 1:1 time
Travelling
Summer schools related to subjects of interest
As many extra curricular sad they needed

@Thestrangestthing yes the animals too. We live in a private rented flat in a city centre and are not allowed pets. I was talking with dc today about all the weird and wonderful pets we'd have if we lived in a big house in the country with land

A secure family, love, time, patience. Appreciation of others, Due to a change in my family circumstance we can not do some of the things we did last year as a family. (not because of finances.),. But I try to provide opportunities for them and take up opportunities available. this depends on yours and theirs interest. Money however does not bring happiness.

In the run up to Christmas DH and I spent a huge amount of time doing DIY, and I was wishing that we had more money so we could pay someone to do it instead so I could do nice things like baking with the kids instead. I'd extend that to all the dreary tasks such as housework to give me more time with my children.

In my opinion I’m giving DC their best life. Controversially it means setting them up so they will never need work. I’ve had lots of negativity for that

A chef to shop for ingredients and cook tasty and nutritious food for my family. My biggest weakness is my rubbish diet and I feel I'm fighting a losing battle trying to get my kids to eat good food.

If I had unlimited funds I would immediately quit work so I could spend more time with DC. I'd also like to move from my flat to a house with a big garden. Maybe next door to my parents' house as my (2yo) DS often tells me Grandma and Grandad are his best friends.

I'd also get a cleaner because I hate doing housework. And a personal chef. And a masseuse... Happy mum = happy DC, right?

Stability, so they can build one good set of friends and keep them.
Enough personal money to support them but not so much that they don't understand that they have to work.

A lot of the answers here are the same things that turn up on the MC v WC threads.

Insightful

For the things money can buy, I wouldn't set them up so they never had to work, everyone needs a purpose, but would give them security /a safety net /access to opportunities/some funding to kick start a viable project to allow them to be selective in what they want to work as. Also:

• a guaranteed nice/good sized home for life
• a guaranteed modest/comfortable income/pension for life, but if they wanted an expensive life style, such as nice cars, holidays, designer gear they would need to earn it
• excellent health insurance
• Education i don't think is entirely necessary if you have access to contacts/opportunities to learn on the job, but if they wanted it then they would have it.

But of course there is so much more money can't buy that would need to complement above.

Encourage them to nurture long term relationships, especially siblings but also early school friends and wider family.

There is nothing quite like the security and comfort of someone who has known, and loved , you forever.

Sorry, just realised that's not the premise of the OP.

Opportunities to travel and study would be high up.

Opportunity to make mistakes without being rescued would be quite important.

Quite how you'd do that if money was no object, I don't know, without fibbing!

My DC has a life limiting illness. I'd spend the money on looking for a cure.

Not needing childcare
Travelling
Parent home in the holidays
Financial security
Money to buy them a house
Support for their chosen job or uni - what makes them happy rather than high earning potential or status

My list would be:

A house with plenty of secure, secluded outdoor space and a bedroom each.
Access to specialist therapy and schooling for ASD DS.
Access to ASD support groups for DS so that her might feel like he fits in and make a friend.
I'd also like for them to have more time with us as one or both of us work 6/7 days a week so we rarely get 1:1 or family time.

Set them up with money for driving lessons and their first car, first home and with a safety net of cash and the ability to budget effectively.

@WanderingBar I'm sorry about your child

Stability, first and foremost. We've moved a lot so far, we've upgraded our homes and sold them and now we're working to find our forever home with enough bedrooms somewhere we'd want to lay roots in. The change has been unsettling for them and we'd love the next house to be our last.

We'd continue to home educate but would relish having unlimited funds for museum and culture trips across the world. Music and language tutors. A small nest egg tucked away for each of them, the deposit for their first homes and funds for their university and driving tuition.

We'd give them childhoods, fully without any worry and raise them to be thankful for what they have and hope to teach them to give back. By no means would we spoil them though. I always think if we won the lottery it wouldn't change much at all for us in terms of what we buy or how we live. It would just be a lot less stressful for us adults and we'd have a lot more free time to follow our passions.

Buy a house in the country. Buy a car and a camper van. Travel around the country when we want and go wherever we want visiting the villages, towns and cities of the UK. Raise animals , grow veggies, be aware of the seasons. Be able to appreciate the moment of now without the pressure and red tape of school, exams etc.

If money was not an object - what a great question.

• stability in the form of a stay at home parent
• a comfortable and welcoming home they can grow into and will give them their own personal space as they grow into teens
• a home in a community where people are proud of where they live
• a very good primary school within walking distance of home (to encourage independence) that are also near an excellent secondary school where all the primary children would automatically automatically attend thereby increasing the chances of having lifelong friends
• schools which provide small classes and well run extra curricular activities
• to afford private one to one tuition as needed
• to try every activity until the right ones are stumbled upon
• private health care
• a month every year in the country of the language they are learning in school
• a sense of community where the young help the elderly and manners and respect is the norm
• to live in a community where neighbours are friends and would rally around in a time of need
• to feel a sense of 'belonging' to the home and area.
• to have the means to enter a profession and leave it again if it wasn't the right one
• to not have to worry about money but be respectful of it and not have unlimited funds to squander on a whim
• to feel carefree
• to appreciate having the above without being made feel indebted for it.

It’s occurred to me that using the money to help others would also benefit the DC as it could instil empathy and compassion, so I’d add setting up some kind of charity or maybe a grant scheme charities could apply to. If they didn’t need a Saturday job as teenagers they could do some volunteering as well. I wouldn’t want the money to stop them from understanding what it means to be poor or to make them complacent about inequality.

Travel.
A chef.

Education -
Dd would love forest school so I'd look for one of those.
Ds would prefer 1.2.1 so I'd pay for that.

I'd also fund them moving into higher education abroad if they fancied it

Livingallthedreams
Why do you want to set them up for not having to work?

@7days what's MC / WC?

Horses
Private education
Staff for the house so I could spend more time with them
Fab holidays
No uni fees