Insurance is for insurance, not for investing. If you wish to invest, look into the markets. Insurance is for cutting the risk factor. In other words, if a husband makes all the family's money, he needs to protect his family by insuring himself against premature death.
If he dies too soon, his family will be at a loss financially. Thus, an insurable policy against early death protects.
Point being, protection against the breadwinner. Thus, why would you insure a child who earns nothing? What are you insuring him against? Insurance companies love this type of policy, since insurance is a numbers game, and since most children will not die prematurely, they win.
Take the money you would throw away with an insurance policy and put it into a stock fund or blue chip stock(s) for the child. Add to it monthly/quarterly/yearly and when the time comes for him to go to college, you'll pat yourself on the back congratulating yourself with what you did.
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I did this, and am still congratulating myself.