True. Great way to help your kids get a start. In addition to building credit, I got my kids cards on my account and had them use it to buy gas and pay it off each month and they learned a great deal from the experience.Not sure what OP is talking about but along these lines:
I don't know if people are aware, but just as an FYI.... You can make your children authorized users on your credit cards at around the age of 14. They don't actually have a credit score until 18, but all of that time as a user on your card then dumps onto their credit score...
My boy had about a 780 score at less than 19 years old. I never had to co-sign for any loan.
Good for you! I had a gas card but didn't have to pay for anything. I also had a weekly allowance for not doing anything. My parents had a rough time during the Great Depression. They wanted things to be better for their children. So they ruined us.True. Great way to help your kids get a start. In addition to building credit, I got my kids cards on my account and had them use it to buy gas and pay it off each month and they learned a great deal from the experience.
Dave Ramsey is awesome.If this conversation were on a UT Volunteers forum, I'm sure Dave Ramsey would be exploding right about now.