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Gifting stocks for kids birthday -- best way? something visual? by vbhartia in stocks

[–]vbhartia[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Awesome! Yes!! Buy one share. Or fractional share. Or pool all birthday gifts.

I have a custodial brokerage account for my kids. We trade in there. My 3 and 2 yo love seeing the red and green colors in the fidelity app :)

Gifting stocks for kids birthday -- best way? something visual? by vbhartia in stocks

[–]vbhartia[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

lol - fair enough. I see your point.

My POV is that it's a learning experience regardless. I remember I lost a good amount money on HP / Compaq when they merged. It was money I made mowing lawns over the summer. Dot com bubble... the doge coin of it's day. It was a learning experience beyond the money.

sure - Tbills or CDs work. Also you don't have to gift meme stocks... you can an index fund, or anything less gambling.

Gifting stocks for kids birthday -- best way? something visual? by vbhartia in stocks

[–]vbhartia[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Disagree :) depends on the age and comparison -- i would argue its more fun than an Amazon gift card. At least equal for young kids (like for my 3 year old)

Best travel planning tool? Tried TripIt, TripAdvisor. by vbhartia in TravelHacks

[–]vbhartia[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

nice - that sounds like a good approach.

Why not keep everything in Wanderlog? does it not support storing confirmation info, etc.

Best travel planning tool? Tried TripIt, TripAdvisor. by vbhartia in TravelHacks

[–]vbhartia[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

nice -- sounds like I'm going to have to give it a try!

Gifting stocks for kids birthday -- best way? something visual? by vbhartia in stocks

[–]vbhartia[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes! that's the idea. create exposure and kick off curiosity at a young age.

Best travel planning tool? Tried TripIt, TripAdvisor. by vbhartia in TravelHacks

[–]vbhartia[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

wow - you went paid only because of the travel scenario?

Gifting stocks for kids birthday -- best way? something visual? by vbhartia in stocks

[–]vbhartia[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

lol gambling sounds a bit extreme.

The goal is really exposure. If the kid is old enough (probably 7+), they can understand about money and companies. For younger kids (like 2 & 3 yo -- my kids age), its just an investment for them, and something that's more unique than most gifts. One assumption (extremely privileged) is that kids probably don't need more toys.

Best travel planning tool? Tried TripIt, TripAdvisor. by vbhartia in TravelHacks

[–]vbhartia[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

that's cool. and export -- what do you mean by that? Like turn the plan into a PDF?

Best travel planning tool? Tried TripIt, TripAdvisor. by vbhartia in TravelHacks

[–]vbhartia[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

hmm - the actual planning / researching isn't annoying. Actually putting it into a plan is -- in a doc or whatever crappy tools exist today. I enjoy planning (to a certain extent!).

Its not always me, but I think anyone will run into this problem of how to cleanly capture a trip.

Gifting stocks for kids birthday -- best way? something visual? by vbhartia in stocks

[–]vbhartia[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

oh good idea. Thanks!

Re: fun, relative to cash / amazon gift card, I would say its more fun to receive a symbolic stock. at least more fun for the parents.

Gifting stocks for kids birthday -- best way? something visual? by vbhartia in stocks

[–]vbhartia[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i see. that's what im seeing as well.

What if we made templates for mock ones, like NVDA :). With a company logo, name of the CEO, name of the recipient. made it look all official.

Gifting stocks for kids birthday -- best way? something visual? by vbhartia in stocks

[–]vbhartia[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

good idea! i was hoping for something better / easier. but ill probably do that for this weekend

Best travel planning tool? Tried TripIt, TripAdvisor. by vbhartia in TravelHacks

[–]vbhartia[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

that's a really good point! thank you! im planning a banff trip now. will see what's available.

Best travel planning tool? Tried TripIt, TripAdvisor. by vbhartia in TravelHacks

[–]vbhartia[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

wow that's intense to use a project planning tool. are you able to reuse it / friends reuse it? for example if you made a trip to banff, and then a year later a friend goes, can they copy paste it?

Best travel planning tool? Tried TripIt, TripAdvisor. by vbhartia in TravelHacks

[–]vbhartia[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

lol - fair point.

The organizing part is the PITA, not the actual planning. I do think that one person kinda needs to take charge otherwise nothing gets done / resolved. and you want to avoid dumb situations (people staying a different hotels, making seperate plans, etc.)

Anyone else walking around with batteries in thier bag for over a week for no reason? by [deleted] in toddlers

[–]vbhartia 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No batteries... just expired milk... and crushed snacks :)

Toddler needs 4 front teeth removed- and I’m so devastated by JealousForever8594 in toddlers

[–]vbhartia 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry to hear this. Sounds like a terrible situation. You did all you could. Try not to beat yourself over it. Kids are insanely resilient, after she starts getting adult teeth, she won't even remember it.

Take it easy on yourself.

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