The daughters enjoyed a comfortable middle-class childhood, with music, dance and drama lessons. Nonetheless, Joan in particular suffered from an ongoing conflict because Bess refused to allow the girls to visit Jack on his ranch. When she was ten, Joan's letters began to include her mother's various requests for additional funds. Being placed in this difficult spot made her the brunt of her father's anger at times. London changed his will in favor of everything going to his second wife, Charmian Kittredge London, charging her to support his first family. Following his death in 1916, the discovery proved disadvantageous to his daughters.