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Re: Why You Should Not Make Your Children Your Retirement Plan by Ebenezer2021(m): 7:51pm On Jun 10
This man is trending on social media.
This is the best comment I captured

Re: Why You Should Not Make Your Children Your Retirement Plan by peterboro: 7:56pm On Jun 10
Eba50:
i wont use my kids as retirement plan. i want to keep 10 million investments in deposits without withdrawals now, as am 35. when am 70, i will use it as my retirement plan and benefit. then, i will be having at least 70 m of current value or worth, same thing as the valie of the money then is what 70 million can buy today. besides, i have my personal business, which i will manage to grow to be semi mega b4 then. besides, women of today usually turn the kids away from their dad cos of complete loyalty to them, so i dont give a fuk.if i notice this, i remove them from my will totally
You have a good idea, but please use that 10milliom and buy land instead. Thank me in your old age.👍

Please keep buying as much lands as you can buy in any slightest opportunity you have. This will really save your old age better.
Re: Why You Should Not Make Your Children Your Retirement Plan by Emeskhalifa(m): 7:56pm On Jun 10
Eba50:
i wont use my kids as retirement plan. i want to keep 10 million investments in deposits without withdrawals now, as am 35. when am 70, i will use it as my retirement plan and benefit. then, i will be having at least 70 m of current value or worth, same thing as the valie of the money then is what 70 million can buy today. besides, i have my personal business, which i will manage to grow to be semi mega b4 then. besides, women of today usually turn the kids away from their dad cos of complete loyalty to them, so i dont give a fuk.if i notice this, i remove them from my will totally
Person wey get better will go dey push wheelbarrow at that age? Can't be pension stuff jarey. Either case of over relying on children as escape plan or misused his opportunities when he was young.

Whatever it was that happened, I pray he finds help soon
Re: Why You Should Not Make Your Children Your Retirement Plan by wirinet(m): 8:10pm On Jun 10
LOSKYXANDER:
I like how you just ignored the fact that inflation is a big issue in Nigeria 😂
His N70 million would might not worth half of that N10 million in 35 years. 1 Dollar was approximately 10 naira in 1991, so
N70 million today is less than N60,000 in 1991. A brand new tear rubber Mercedes Benz was about N50,000 in 1990, a bag of cement was less than N500 in 1990.

Saving money is the easiest way to lose value. If one want to save at it it's best to save in gold, metals or in landed properties.

Ordinary, the best investment is in people. That's is in education of other people, particularly our children, or relatives. With the very dysfunctional Nigerian society, where greed, selfishness and ungratefulnes is now the norm. Investing in other people can be a bad investment.
Re: Why You Should Not Make Your Children Your Retirement Plan by Codes151(m): 8:12pm On Jun 10
You took this man’s suffering to bring it here to mock?

@seun what is this?
Re: Why You Should Not Make Your Children Your Retirement Plan by Eba50:
peterboro:
You have a idea, but please use that 10milliom and buy land instead. Thank me in your old age.👍

Please keep buying as much lands as you can buy in any slightest opportunity you have. This will really save your old age better.
this is very good idea sir. My concern is the way people and communities reclaim undeveloped lands, even when u live within same ytown. i live in asaba, but am from ughelli north, almost all lands are either sold at least twice or on lease of 100 years. as u buy lands there, others are waiting for 2 or 3 years time when those your lands will appreciate by 40 or 50 percent and sell it. if u complain, they will count your cash give u and say shebi naim you pay for the land. i also wanted to buy land at Ogwashi uku/azagba ogwasi/ isele azagba, ogwashi uku king and state government don revoke all lands there and ban sale of lands on all those axis and giving them out to estate companies just like that, even obi Cubana company get a whole mini city there. people dey cry.thats my fear. even surrounding communities of asaba, people dey fear to buy lands there.my target. is isele uku, 20 mins drive from asaba, by next January
Re: Why You Should Not Make Your Children Your Retirement Plan by Eba50: 8:17pm On Jun 10
wirinet:
His N70 million would might not worth half of that N10 million in 35 years. 1 Dollar was approximately 10 naira in 1991, so
N70 million today is less than N60,000 in 1991. A brand new tear rubber Mercedes Benz was about N50,000 in 1990, a bag of cement was less than N500 in 1990.

Saving money is the easiest way to lose value. If one want to save at it it's best to save in gold, metals or in landed properties.

Ordinary, the best investment is in people. That's is in education of other people, particularly our children, or relatives. With the very dysfunctional Nigerian society, where greed, selfishness and ungratefulnes is now the norm. Investing in other people can be a bad investment.
pls read again. i said 70 million of current value is what the money can purchase at least by 35 years time, if i dont withdraw, which i wont
Re: Why You Should Not Make Your Children Your Retirement Plan by wirinet(m): 8:25pm On Jun 10
Rapmoney:
The photos below should show you why you should not make your children your retirement plan. Invest in them rather than making them your retirement plan. If you abandon them while they are growing up, they might do likewise when you are old. If you did not put anything worthwhile in them as they are growing, they will reward you with same.
In effect, you are advising us not to educate our children. The cost of educating a child from primary school to university nowadays is extraordinary. Imagine paying over 2 million every year to educate a child, and then saying the child should not return the favour in your old age is immoral and evil.
I have a friend that sold all he has to send his son to aviation school in the US. Today the son is working for Emirates Airlines in the UAE. The son has returned the favour of his father's investment over 5 times in 8 years. He has build a house for his father, bought him 2 brand new cars, and helped his business.
Re: Why You Should Not Make Your Children Your Retirement Plan by wirinet(m): 8:39pm On Jun 10
Eba50:
pls read again. i said 70 million of current value is what the money can purchase at least by 35 years time, if i dont withdraw, which i wont
Sorry to say, your financial plan is not feasible. At 35 years of age, and in this economy, how can you legitimately save 10 million that you will deposit in a fixed deposit? Except maybe you inherit some huge money. Its even less feasible if you are married with kids.

Then how can N10 million in value today be worth 70 million in value in 35 years. We are talking of value and not even the figures.
Re: Why You Should Not Make Your Children Your Retirement Plan by Rapmoney(op): 8:41pm On Jun 10
BarrElChapo:
What you don’t know is that many of us will not have gotten the level of care, education and etc, that we had if our parents chose to save for their retirement.

Life happens, you self wey Dey talk, you can’t predict your future especially in this country.
There is no connection between what you typed and the content of my post.
Re: Why You Should Not Make Your Children Your Retirement Plan by wirinet(m): 8:45pm On Jun 10
WhiteIverson:
Life isn't a movie

Some invested in their kids and still got abandoned

Invest in your kids but invest in yourself more
Believe me, there is no guarantee in life. All the investments you accumulated could be wiped out by just one old age sickness like cancer, liver disease or heart disease, and you will still need the help - both financially or physically of your children, or relatives.
Re: Why You Should Not Make Your Children Your Retirement Plan by wirinet(m):
IsraeliAIRFORCE:
A bunch of ungrateful generation, over to you. They'd better tell you to go collect Tinubu's education loan and swim in debt after graduation.
That's the bad thing about this ungrateful generation. You think to pay school fees, every 3 months for over 20 years is easy for the man? After all the sufferings and stress, with the risk of stroke, the man will be told not to expect help from the children.
Maybe men, should just be enjoying their money and leave children to fend for themselves. There seems to be no reward for building a family.
Re: Why You Should Not Make Your Children Your Retirement Plan by Traay: 8:53pm On Jun 10
Eba50:
.my target. os isele uku, 20 mins drive from asaba, by next January
The truth isn’t far-fetched from all what you said.. some places in lagos will give you ultimatum to develop the property within a period of time, or lose the property to resellers.

This place you mentioned, how much does a plot sell for currently?
Re: Why You Should Not Make Your Children Your Retirement Plan by BarrElChapo(m): 9:00pm On Jun 10
Rapmoney:
There is no connection between what you typed and the content of my post.
Okay
Re: Why You Should Not Make Your Children Your Retirement Plan by wirinet(m): 9:04pm On Jun 10
Eba50:
i mean the value of the money by then is what 70 million of today can buy and besides, i have a business am growing at least 25% yearly and very steady, which will make mu need for that money to be very rare
Your economics is still wrong. Nigeria's inflation rate fluctuate widely. It peaked at 33% in 2024 before stabilizing around 16% in early 2026. Even if we adopt the current rate of 16%, the increase in real value of your 25% growth would be 9%. If inflation increase beyond 25%, all your growth will be wiped out.
Re: Why You Should Not Make Your Children Your Retirement Plan by wirinet(m): 9:16pm On Jun 10
peterboro:
You have a good idea, but please use that 10milliom and buy land instead. Thank me in your old age.👍

Please keep buying as much lands as you can buy in any slightest opportunity you have. This will really save your old age better.
Buying land, especially in lagos, is like playing bet9ja. I know two people that have relocated to the village, after they transformed from landlord to homeless, curtesy of Lagos State Government. One had a 4 story building opposite Volks, Ojo, along the badagry expressway. It was demolished completed to make way for the expressway. No compensation at all. Also ask all the people that had land along the new Lagos Calabar coastal highway.
Re: Why You Should Not Make Your Children Your Retirement Plan by Rapmoney(op): 9:22pm On Jun 10
wirinet:
In effect, you are advising us not to educate our children. The cost of educating a child from primary school to university nowadays is extraordinary. Imagine paying over 2 million every year to educate a child, and then saying the child should not return the favour in your old age is immoral and evil.
I have a friend that sold all he has to send his son to aviation school in the US. Today the son is working for Emirates Airlines in the UAE. The son has returned the favour of his father's investment over 5 times in 8 years. He has build a house for his father, bought him 2 brand new cars, and helped his business.
Can you show me anywhere in my post where I advised that children should not be educated? Or you have issues with reading and understanding.
Re: Why You Should Not Make Your Children Your Retirement Plan by Rapmoney(op): 9:23pm On Jun 10
marvel2011:
You go around taking random pictures of people without actually seeking their consent. If it was a sane society, you should be behind the bars.
Just like how you have served your own jail term, right?
Re: Why You Should Not Make Your Children Your Retirement Plan by Hhh4444: 9:26pm On Jun 10
wirinet:
Believe me, there is no guarantee in life. All the investments you accumulated could be wiped out by just one old age sickness like cancer, liver disease or heart disease, and you will still need the help - both financially or physically of your children, or relatives.
You have said it all...there is no guarantee. Do your best and leave the rest. This life no get formula. Who e dey favour go think say na him get sense pass.
Re: Why You Should Not Make Your Children Your Retirement Plan by Rapmoney(op): 9:28pm On Jun 10
Mpanyi:
And you think it's proper to splash the man's picture here?
Why not go and tie the eyes of the people in the market where he works so that they won't see him while he is labouring?
Re: Why You Should Not Make Your Children Your Retirement Plan by wirinet(m): 9:35pm On Jun 10
Hhh4444:
You have said it all...there is no guarantee. Do your best and leave the rest. This life no get formula. Who e dey favour go think say na him get sense pass.
Exactly!
Re: Why You Should Not Make Your Children Your Retirement Plan by olarent: 9:38pm On Jun 10
you are right and I can relate,but what you should do is after buying the land try to put structure on the land like shop or visible foundation.
Eba50:
this is very good idea sir. My concern is the way people and communities reclaim undeveloped lands, even when u live within same ytown. i live in asaba, but am from ughelli north, almost all lands are either sold at least twice or on lease of 100 years. as u buy lands there, others are waiting for 2 or 3 years time when those your lands will appreciate by 40 or 50 percent and sell it. if u complain, they will count your cash give u and say shebi naim you pay for the land. i also wanted to buy land at Ogwashi uku/azagba ogwasi/ isele azagba, ogwashi uku king and state government don revoke all lands there and ban sale of lands on all those axis and giving them out to estate companies just like that, even obi Cubana company get a whole mini city there. people dey cry.thats my fear. even surrounding communities of asaba, people dey fear to buy lands there.my target. is isele uku, 20 mins drive from asaba, by next January
Re: Why You Should Not Make Your Children Your Retirement Plan by olarent: 9:55pm On Jun 10
Dear sir,you are mid quoting the writer,the message he tried to pass is as you are training your children don't forget to invest in your self as well,life is not balance,your friends example is good that doesn't mean that another person children we repay sir.Thank God you are elderly person am sure it we not be strange to your ear that some children are Vagabond and useless sir.my grandma has six children,three boys and three girls,out of the 3boys my father happened to be one have elder brother and junior brother,his junior brother die in 1997 why my own father died in year 2000,you would believe that among the 6 children those 2that die was the only one that have their mother at heart bcoz their father have die for a very long time,sir its was bad investment for her for those four left bcoz she suffered I mean suffered,I was 14years when my father die and first child also now 38years till date non of them look back to see how their dead brother children fair,no mother as well,loose mum before dad and they are not hungry but ok.Since then with that experience I promise myself just two children the money to used raise 4children I we raised two and use the spare two to raise my self,which God is helping me to do,now 2houses ,the one am staying and the one I rented out,God willing planning more.
wirinet:
In effect, you are advising us not to educate our children. The cost of educating a child from primary school to university nowadays is extraordinary. Imagine paying over 2 million every year to educate a child, and then saying the child should not return the favour in your old age is immoral and evil.
I have a friend that sold all he has to send his son to aviation school in the US. Today the son is working for Emirates Airlines in the UAE. The son has returned the favour of his father's investment over 5 times in 8 years. He has build a house for his father, bought him 2 brand new cars, and helped his business.
Re: Why You Should Not Make Your Children Your Retirement Plan by femi4: 10:09pm On Jun 10
Rapmoney:
The photos below should show you why you should not make your children your retirement plan. Invest in them rather than making them your retirement plan. If you abandon them while they are growing up, they might do likewise when you are old. If you did not put anything worthwhile in them as they are growing, they will reward you with same.
Just a terminal disease ...and all your retirement plan is gone. Just pray for good health
Re: Why You Should Not Make Your Children Your Retirement Plan by Rapmoney(op): 10:43pm On Jun 10
olarent:
Dear sir,you are mid quoting the writer,the message he tried to pass is as you are training your children don't forget to invest in your self as well,life is not balance,your friends example is good that doesn't mean that another person children we repay sir.Thank God you are elderly person am sure it we not be strange to your ear that some children are Vagabond and useless sir.my grandma has six children,three boys and three girls,out of the 3boys my father happened to be one have elder brother and junior brother,his junior brother die in 1997 why my own father died in year 2000,you would believe that among the 6 children those 2that die was the only one that have their mother at heart bcoz their father have die for a very long time,sir its was bad investment for her for those four left bcoz she suffered I mean suffered,I was 14years when my father die and first child also now 38years till date non of them look back to see how their dead brother children fair,no mother as well,loose mum before dad and they are not hungry but ok.Since then with that experience I promise myself just two children the money to used raise 4children I we raised two and use the spare two to raise my self,which God is helping me to do,now 2houses ,the one am staying and the one I rented out,God willing planning more.
Thank you. I wonder where he got that warped thinking from that I am advising people not to educate their children. Most them hardly read. If they manage to read just the headline, they jump into baseless conclusions.
Re: Why You Should Not Make Your Children Your Retirement Plan by peterboro: 10:48pm On Jun 10
Eba50:
this is very good idea sir. My concern is the way people and communities reclaim undeveloped lands, even when u live within same ytown. i live in asaba, but am from ughelli north, almost all lands are either sold at least twice or on lease of 100 years. as u buy lands there, others are waiting for 2 or 3 years time when those your lands will appreciate by 40 or 50 percent and sell it. if u complain, they will count your cash give u and say shebi naim you pay for the land. i also wanted to buy land at Ogwashi uku/azagba ogwasi/ isele azagba, ogwashi uku king and state government don revoke all lands there and ban sale of lands on all those axis and giving them out to estate companies just like that, even obi Cubana company get a whole mini city there. people dey cry.thats my fear. even surrounding communities of asaba, people dey fear to buy lands there.my target. is isele uku, 20 mins drive from asaba, by next January
Always fence all your lands even if it's a dual fence. And also process and get C"of"O from the government in every land you acquire, and with a very good and respected lawyer.
Re: Why You Should Not Make Your Children Your Retirement Plan by pocohantas(f): 10:49pm On Jun 10
No be you go tell me what to do.
Na me born them. I have suffered for them, they must suffer for me too. That is the cycle.
Re: Why You Should Not Make Your Children Your Retirement Plan by WhiteIverson: 11:02pm On Jun 10
wirinet:
Believe me, there is no guarantee in life. All the investments you accumulated could be wiped out by just one old age sickness like cancer, liver disease or heart disease, and you will still need the help - both financially or physically of your children, or relatives.
That's true
Re: Why You Should Not Make Your Children Your Retirement Plan by Chienex24(m): 11:24pm On Jun 10
Eba50:
i wont use my kids as retirement plan. i want to keep 10 million investments in deposits without withdrawals now, as am 35. when am 70, i will use it as my retirement plan and benefit. then, it will be having at least 70 m of current value or worth, same thing as the valie of the money then is what 70 million can buy today. besides, i have my personal business, which i will manage to grow to be semi mega b4 then. besides, women of today usually turn the kids away from their dad cos of complete loyalty to them, so i dont give a fuk.if i notice this, i remove them from my will totally
Understandable, and what is your take on fathers who neglect their families but honor outsiders, fathers who rape their daughters like several cases as reported from Anambra in recent years?
Re: Why You Should Not Make Your Children Your Retirement Plan by franvincoop: 12:01am On Jun 11
Sha women get mind ooo, anyway sapa full ground via Idumota Celine Dion aka Jagabandinho.
This kind papa no fit job dis kind job from me or my wife, conscience no go gree.
We go drop am atleast 1K tell am make im leave am, find younger agile person to push and load inside boot.
In the process of pushing and loading, what if im faint?

Rapmoney, you are both right and wrong for posting this Old man's photo here, people need to be awake in their youth that no matter what and most often than not, there will be consequences in old age.
Re: Why You Should Not Make Your Children Your Retirement Plan by Coolgent(m): 2:06am On Jun 11
Eba50:
i wont use my kids as retirement plan. i want to keep 10 million investments in deposits without withdrawals now, as am 35. when am 70, i will use it as my retirement plan and benefit. then, it will be having at least 70 m of current value or worth, same thing as the valie of the money then is what 70 million can buy today. besides, i have my personal business, which i will manage to grow to be semi mega b4 then. besides, women of today usually turn the kids away from their dad cos of complete loyalty to them, so i dont give a fuk.if i notice this, i remove them from my will totally
I will advise you to buy a land in a developing area, it's far more better than keeping the money in any bank.
I sold a land at 250k in 2009, now its only will not sell it to me for 10m
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