As your children get older, your childrens’ problems (“CPs”) can become more   convoluted than anything that you could have thought up yourself. They can be  the type of problem that you contemplated but could not afford at their age. However, there are CPs which you the parents have created. Not because your children could not be bothered to create their own CPs but due to a general  parental enthusiasm on your part to encourage your children in their lives. It is   these sanctioned childrens’ problems (“SCPs”) which frequently have a legal   slant and together form the Ten Greatest Self Inflicted Legal Mistakes Made by   Parents:  1.   Guaranteeing your child’s loans. If the loan falls into arrears and the Bank  calls in the guarantee parents usually protest that they did not know what they were doing (a common claim of parents). The Courts have even accepted this excuse, and now Banks insist on Independent Legal Ad...