So Warren Buffett's kids can look forward to getting a paltry $650 million, can they?  That'll learn 'em to be self-sufficient.  The problem I see with those of us with money is that the kids are used to a financially easy life from day one, the whole family has it easy, so parents are not prone to all of a sudden say to the kids that it's over for them but the rest of us are still going to the cottage or on trips or out to eat every day or whatever.