Does father know best when it comes to financial planning? That’s what one in four Americans who lean on dad for advice believe, according to a LendingTree survey.

The survey of 1,049, which focused on dads as financial role models and their impact on people’s developing money habits, was released as Americans get ready to celebrate Father's Day Sunday. It found that even among trusted friends, the majority of people are not comfortable discussing their finances outside of family, and Dad is consulted first.

Twenty-three percent of respondents said fathers are the first stop for financial advice, followed by a partner or spouse at (19 percent). Mom is in the mix, too, coming in third with 17 percent. Only 14 percent of respondents said they would turn to a financial advisor for help first.

Also, about half (49 percent) of respondents consider their father to be their financial role model, and about 56 percent say their dad helped them develop good money habits growing up.

Across generations, millennials are more likely than any other age group to value their father’s financial advice, the research showed, with 55 percent saying dad is their financial role model, compared to the average of 49 percent for all generations. Additionally, 54 percent of millennials ask their dad for help when they need financial advice, while the average across all age groups is 43 percent.

The survey also found that 80 percent of those surveyed learned more about money at home than they did at school, and the same percentage of respondents wished they had learned more about personal finance at school.

The research pointed out that learning about financial planning could be problematic, as family-only financial education can potentially lead to poor financial habits being passed on to children. “The financial habits and planning that worked well for a parent may not serve their child’s money needs, particularly as younger generations are facing crushing amounts of student debt,” it said.

Additional findings found that dad also is the MVP when it comes to advice for buying a car (64 percent), budgeting (38 percent) and career advice (37 percent). Other ways fathers have advised their children on important money-related subjects include tips on buying a house (27 percent), retirement savings (23 percent), getting a credit card (20 percent), investing (about 19 percent) and negotiating a salary (almost 16 percent).

And it appears that dads’ advice will live on. The survey indicated that more than two-thirds, (68 percent), of respondents will continue to use strategies their father taught them when teaching their own children about money.