We receive this question a lot from parents. Scour the internet for “life insurance on children” and you will read some scathing reasons from financial “experts” why purchasing life insurance on the life of children is a waste of money.
Some of the reasons they state we agree with. Yes, we do! (We get into that later.)
However, these experts are missing an important component of life insurance that makes coverage on children beneficial.
In this article, we discuss the benefits and when to buy life insurance on your children. We also discuss when you should not buy life insurance on your child, too.