I appreciate all your comments and suggestions; I'm in the US and will look into the 529 college plans.
I intend on keeping full control of any monies, none of it will be given directly to them; funds will either be paid directly to an establishment for tuition, books, supplies etc. or will go for my retirement.
I also will use discretion on when, if and how I let them know about it.
And don’t worry, at ages 6 and 9 I’m already dropping “hints” and slight suggestions about their future. It’s nothing bad or apostate, just innocent things like asking what they plan on doing if this system keeps going until they’re old? And, then what, what will you do? It gets them to think of the future, their future, something the borg doesn’t want them to do.
Thanks, DLL