1. Sep 6, 2002 #1
   

   breeze Well-Known Member

   I came across a couple of articles in Better Homes and Gardens (of all places) that really had some good suggestions about teaching kids about credit, thought I would share:
   
   College kids and cards:
   
   http://www.bhg.com/bhg/story.jhtml?storyid=/templatedata/bhg/story/data/14710.xml
   
   Teenagers:
   
   http://www.bhg.com/bhg/story.jhtml?storyid=/templatedata/bhg/story/data/14410.xml
   
   Letting your teenager have a card:
   
   http://www.bhg.com/bhg/story.jhtml?.../story/data/14410.xml&catref=cat190002&page=2

    

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3. Sep 6, 2002 #2
   

   voodochild Well-Known Member

   Very nice! It would have been nice to have been guided in the beginning of my credit life.

    
4. Sep 6, 2002 #3
   

   Momof3 Well-Known Member

   Nice articles breeze
   
   I printed the one out for my 14 year old.
   
   ( My child who still don't understand why I wouldn't let him accept his preapproval for a chase platinum card LOL)

    

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