Meanwhile, back in 1987 ...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1987/08/05/abashed-irs-pledges-to-keep-hands-off-piggy-banks/f9d63a97-ec66-4432-b68d-6ed8ab90fdff/ (https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1987/08/05/abashed-irs-pledges-to-keep-hands-off-piggy-banks/f9d63a97-ec66-4432-b68d-6ed8ab90fdff/)
Embarrassed by several well-publicized cases in which children's life savings were seized to pay their parents' overdue taxes, the Internal Revenue Service yesterday announced new procedures designed to keep this from happening again. ...
They'll come after your childrens' savings too. I guess Johnny won't be attending college in the Fall.