Written by Damian Davila (WiseBread.com)

If you have children, you’re blessed with the opportunity of granting them the greatest gift any investor could want: time. Let’s take a look at some companies whose shares would make a great gift for your kids to not only help them learn about investing, but also get them excited about money and business in general.     

1. Snap Inc. (NYSE: SNAP)

Do you know what’s cooler than a million dollars? $3.4 billion, which is how much money the parent company of Snapchat raised in its March 1, 2017 initial public offering (IPO). Since it has been estimated that 60% of Snapchat users are under age 25 and nearly one in four hasn’t finished high school, there’s a very good chance that your children use this popular social media app.

Leverage their interest in the app to keep them focused on tracking a stock price and keeping abreast of the effects of company announcements, such as Snap’s Spectacles, on the valuation of a publicly-traded company. Bonus: You could use Snapchat to send them their monthly allowance, keep a digital record of when you made that money available, and check how long it lasts them…

2. The Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS)

“Do you want to buy a stock share? Come on let’s go and trade!” If you started reading that in Princess Anna’s voice, then you’re a Disney parent and your kiddos spend a lot of time singing along to similar tunes. Keeping interested in this stock is easy because your kids will read about movie productions, toy developments, theme park construction, and other family entertainment projects.

Disney is a great stock to hold onto for the long run, which is a maxim that you want to instill in any young investor. If you were to have held Disney stock from March 1, 2007 to March 1, 2017, you would have seen the stock price go from $34.39 to $111.04 (a 222.88% increase!). Plus, it’s a dividend-paying stock, giving you a segue to introduce the concept of fixed income securities.

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