Investments for kids

Money Market Accounts, Certificate of Deposits, low risk Mutual Funds, T-Bills are all relatively safe.

Try a DRIP. Exxon used to have one that I invested in when I was young. Basically, you sent the check directly to the company instead of to a brokerage, so no transaction fees were involved. My dad would always match me 100% when I invested. Over the years I saved a lot of money.

https://www.dripadvice.com/best_drips.html (as of 2006, at least)

Oddly, I can't find information on this program. Does anyone know if it still exists for Exxon?

I have been investing in silver for a while and I would say it's a great investment and safe at that..