The shocking education of "making a will in advance"-I am glad to have made such preparations for my children.

In our traditional culture, talking about "death" is taboo and "making a will" is also considered unlucky. I'm in Finland, but not long after I became a novice mother, someone asked me, "Have you made a will? Stunned on the spot, began to experience a shocking education?

Editor's note: Anita Chen is currently the information technology director of Helsinki International School in Finland. She is mainly responsible for curriculum planning and integration, assisting teachers to design teaching plans integrating technology and evaluating students' academic performance. 2065 438+00-2065 438+06 Served as the head of information technology promotion at Han Ji International School in Hong Kong, and was also the future learning lecturer of Zero Program at Harvard College of Education in the United States. First-hand observation of international education trends, scientific and technological development and learning. She is also a mother. At present, she has a baby of 1 1 month. She just entered a kindergarten in Finland in August.

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Shortly after my daughter Ann was born, I received a call from a social worker from the Finnish Child Welfare Department. Officially, I'm unmarried and just had a baby. They want to talk to me and care about my situation.

When the two sides met, the social worker explained to me in detail the subsidies and resources available to single-parent families in Finland, and carefully asked me, "Have you made a will?" 」

"Heritage? Tell? " I froze on the spot.

The social worker of Finnish child welfare department explained that because her daughter was born in Finland, she was considered a Finnish resident. If anything happens to me, the custody of my daughter will belong to the Finnish child welfare department and will not be automatically transferred to my relatives in Taiwan Province Province. At the same time, the assets under my name will be frozen or entrusted by Finland before my daughter comes of age. Of course, if such an accident happens, my relatives in Taiwan Province Province can come to Finland to fight for the custody of their children, but the process is time-consuming and complicated.