Family Building Insitute

Between parenting and grandparenting lies Family Building...a new phase to preserve the power of family.

Meaningful Conversations List

The Essence of Family:

  1. Family Values
  2. Family History
  3. Wealth of Families
  4. The Dark Side of Wealth
  5. Emerging Adulthood
  6. Raising Children
  7. Grandparenting
  8. Drugs and Alcohol
  9. Do What You Love
  10. Marital Choice and Marital Harmony
  11. Prenuptial Arrangement
  12. Divorce
  13. Adoption
  14. The Life of Young Families
  15. Public School vs. Private School

Family Financial Matters:

  1. Wills
  2. Estate Planning
  3. Use of Family Properties
  4. Life and Disability Insurance
  5. Investment Portfolio Management for Life
  6. Investing in Real Estate
  7. Specific Investment Strategies
  8. Family Limited Partnership
  9. Frugality and Waste
  10. Entrepreneurship

Family as an Organization:

  1. The Family Office
  2. Human Capital in Families
  3. Family Mind and Culture
  4. Philanthropy
  5. Family Foundation
  6. Disaster Planning for Families
  7. Religion and Spirituality for Families
  8. The Annual Family Holiday

Family Wealth Challenges:

  1. Second and Third Careers
  2. Family Loans and Family Banking
  3. The Eight Proactive Steps of Successful Families
  4. Family Trusts and Fiduciary
  5. Private Banking for Families
  6. Managing Family Businesses
  7. Succession in Families
  8. Shirtsleeves to Shirtsleeves in Three Generations
  9. Foreign Trusts and Private Trust Companies
  10. Dynasty Trust and its Implications
  11. Reaching Beyond the Grave

Politics Can Divide a Family:

  1. Money
  2. The Environment
  3. Military Service
  4. The Role of Government
  5. Nationalism and Globalism
  6. Public Policy