Welcome to “Trust Estate Planning for New Families.” I’m Tara, the owner of Trust, and we’re going to really briefly talk about a big question that weighs on parents’ mind, and that is, “Who should I name as the guardian for my children if something happens to me and my spouse?” I spend lots of time talking to lots of parents about this very thing. The first thing to keep in mind is that this is a second-best option. The biggest option, the best option, is for you to take care of your children. So this takes some of the pressure off what feels like a really weighty decision to start thinking about this as a second-best choice. The second thing that I recommend is that whoever you name should have a home that’s most similar to yours. Whether that means you share a certain religion, or you like to eat dinner really late at night or really early in the evening, either way, the similarities for your home and your guardian’s home will be really important for your children. Also think about who do you think your kids would feel most comfortable waking up in the middle of the night with a problem. After that, the next thing to think about is who do you trust to manage their assets. This can be somebody else besides who is the guardian for them, but ultimately we want to make sure that the guardian of your children either is the person who manages the assets for them or has a really good relationship with the person who manages the assets for them. This makes everything the simplest in what can be a really traumatic and awful situation.