Dear Eric: My wife and I have three children in their 20s. We paid for their college educations; they have no debt.

Each has their own unique ambitions. My oldest child has a professional job, the youngest just graduated college and is still figuring out his path. My middle child will go to law school, and I plan to pay for it, for many reasons, but one of which is that I have plenty of money.

Other situations may arise, like perhaps advancing another child’s funds to purchase a house or something similar.

To sort of keep it fair, I was thinking that every time I make a tuition payment, I would also make a monetary gift to the other children.

Is this reasonable and if so, should I not advertise it to the law student? All the kids have a trust fund, so they will all inherit plenty of mo

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