Sometimes parents reach a point in life where they simply want to enjoy what they worked so hard for. It’s a feeling many people understand as age, time, and priorities begin to shift. This growing trend has a name: Spending Your Kid’s Inheritance, also called SKI.

Across the world, more parents say they’re using their savings to live life now, not later. Western Australian mum Trudy Wertheim is one of them, and she says she feels no guilt. After decades of hard work, she believes she has earned the right to enjoy her money while she still can.

The turning point in her story comes from her own children. Instead of being upset, they fully support their mother’s decision. Trudy says she raised them to be independent, and they never expected her to save every dollar for their future.

She admits life is tough for young people today, especially with the rising cost of housing. One child is renting, and the other has already bought a home, which makes helping one over the other feel unfair. Still, she plans to leave her house to both children, while her grandchildren will receive smaller gifts.

The SKI trend has sparked debate, with critics calling it selfish. They argue parents should help their children during hard times or leave them enough to get ahead. Yet families like Leanne and Leon Ryland see things differently, spending over $170,000 on travel after retirement and choosing to enjoy life while they are still healthy enough to do so.

In the end, supporters say it’s about balance, love, and living life with joy — a reminder that time, not money, is the greatest inheritance of all.