Sunday 1 January 2012

How To Insure Your Child

By Paige Thompson


The idea behind insurance is to make sure that you are prepared for the direct and indirect expenses that an accident can cause you to incur. It is possible to insure just about anything and buffer yourself from costs, income loss and even liability these days as there are several types of insurance. But there is one area that most people don't take into consideration and that is properly insuring their children.

For many people with children, they can't just entertain the thought that their child might someday be taken from them. However, it can be a devastating setback from more than an emotional standpoint and this is a tragic part of life for some people.

When you take out a life insurance policy on your child, try not to think of it as being morbid or tempting fate. Considering this as sinister is what some schools of thought tend to do. As with any insurance policy, taking out an insurance policy on your child is simply preparing for a worst-case scenario. Losing a child can have a subsequent financial impact and it can also be crippling to parents and siblings. Beyond covering any burial costs, it takes no imagination whatsoever to see that the loss of a child could be emotionally debilitating to the entire family.

After the loss of a child, divorce and family dysfunction are alarmingly common. Giving themselves the time needed to grieve is what a parent would want to do. Insuring your child will help ensure that you will be able to afford the time off that you will need. In addition, such a loss may have an emotional impact felt deeply by a family and family dynamics often go into a spin. In order to deal with siblings or other family members impacted by the loss, parents may need grief counseling as well as professional help. Most of the time, family counseling is recommended by clergy and clinical professionals.

This is considered as the thought process behind a life insurance policy that is taken out on a child. You can ensure that in the aftermath of an unthinkable loss, the financial impacts, temporary earnings loss and professional counseling needed are not additional stresses that prevent you and your family from healing, and even worse can tear it apart. If you have children, this is something that you will want to take into account.




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