As tenants in common, could we specify that our children inherit our property?

My husband and I would like to sever our joint tenancy in order to stipulate in our wills who gets our share when one of us dies Q My husband and I are considering severing our joint tenancy and becoming tenants in common. We would be doing this to protect our children's inheritance. I believe that by doing this we can give our shares of the property to our daughters, but remain in it should either of us die. I believe this is "giving a life interest". At the moment, being joint tenants, we have...