A Father’s Letter to His Daughter

I usually have a few links for Friday, but today I am singling out a link that Beverly alerted me to. It is a letter a father wrote to his daughter. He shared some parting financial wisdom with her since she was heading off to college. I thought it was so touching and informative. I’m a softie and I found my eyes swelling up even before I finished reading it.

I have a letter similar to that from my mom. It wasn’t related to finance but it was related to being a responsible adult. I still have that letter today, and every now and then I take it out and read it. It means a lot to me and you can bet that when my son is old enough he will get a similar letter from me.

A Letter to My College-Bound Daughter

Thank you Beverly for the tip and thank you mom for the letter you wrote me way back when

Posted by Tricia on October 24, 2008 at 9:15 PM in Kids & Money | 5 Comments »
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C responded:
Posted: October 24th, 2008 at 11:59 pm
Thanks for sharing. What a great article. Great advice. I love the part about taking an econmics class, to learing about money. High school doesn’t really teach that.
danielle responded:
Posted: October 25th, 2008 at 8:09 pm
I skimmed it, but couldn’t bear to read it. I think the main reason most people our age are in so much debt is because we were under so much pressure from our parents to have it all.
Tricia responded:
Posted: October 26th, 2008 at 8:17 am
I can see your point Danielle. As parents, they probably want their kids to have better lives than they do. We got caught up into that. Our son had WAY more toys than he ever needed. We thought that was better, but now our attitude is changing. Because parents feel that pressure they probably extend that to their kids.
StarL responded:
Posted: October 27th, 2008 at 4:30 am
Thanks for sharing the link, I teared up myself after the read.

The father’s letter for his daughter was very sound, practical and loving. Lexie was really blessed to have a father who really took the time out to draft that very well-written letter.

BTW, you’ve got a great site! More power!

Cheers!
danielle responded:
Posted: October 27th, 2008 at 6:47 am
Thanks, Trish. I’ve found that my daughter doesn’t know the difference between what’s a toy and what’s not. She has toys, but we let her explore everything as long as it’s safe. That may change when she’s your son’s age, though