You could name a guardian for the money, but a trust allows you to spell out how the money should be spent and at what age and under what conditions your child should gain control of any remaining cash.

FORBES: Investing

Check with your client whether you should ask each child what they want for Christmas.

FORBES: Connect

Other rules apply to children and what should and should not be reported to child welfare agents.

FORBES: Magazine Article

It outlines what action professionals should take if they feel a child is at risk, including making referrals to social workers, police or charities.

BBC: Two boys

He also said -- and it's important to remember that he said this -- if whatever action we take saves one child's life, we should take it, because what would we say to ourselves if we haven't.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jay Carney,

You decided that no child should be consigned to a life of poor health because of what neighborhood his or her family lives in.

WHITEHOUSE: Making Healthy Food Accessible & Affordable

The government said no child should be denied an excellent education where teachers were free to decide what was best and where standards were high.

BBC: Parents applying to create first free school in Devon

But other issues remain...what should the obligations of website operators be, if someone posts defamatory comment (accusing someone of child abuse, for example) on some busy site?

BBC: Week ahead