The Talk to Have With Your Kids Before You Retire
Baby boomer parents need to add an important item to their retirement checklist: A conversation with your kids to discuss how your life will change in retirement.
It can be uncomfortable for some parents, but you need to prepare your children for your impending retirement. “It’s important to start financial discussions early in retirement,” says Dana Anspach, CEO and founder of Sensible Money in Scottsdale, Arizona. “If you’ve established open lines of communication, it makes things easier in later years when cognitive decline can impact decision-making."
Rodney Brooks
An award-winning journalist, writer and author and my specialty is retirement planning and other personal finance issues. I have written for many national publications, including USA TODAY, The Washington Post, U.S. News & World Report, AARP and National Geographic. I am available to speak on personal finance, financial literacy and the racial wealth gap.
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The author tells the history of the Freedman’s Savings Bank, how it grew much too quickly, why it failed and the impact on Black America. The Freedman’s Bank offered a safe depository for formerly enslaved people, expanded quickly and gained millions in deposits – mostly ranging from $5 to $50. But inexperience and corruption doomed it to failure, costing may of the small depositors their savings.
