Teach Your Children About Credit and How To Manage It Responsibly
The concept that I am talking about is credit and how to manage it wisely.
I cannot understand why this crucial topic is not covered in schools today but I believe that it is imperative for parents to teach their children how to handle credit.
How many people grow onto young adulthood and immediately obtain and then misuse credit cards? I would venture to say that a large amount of today's young adults have buried themselves in debt that will take years to overcome.
Credit card companies make it very easy for college students to obtain credit cards. But if you stop and think about it, most college students do not have the wherewithal to pay for the credit card debt that they can so frivolously incur.
Many young adults today do not even know how to balance their checkbooks. I used to constantly prod my son to keep his checkbook balanced, making a joke out of it by calling it "Big Boy Checking". But it's not a joke when a young adult keeps throwing money away for overdraft fees caused by an unbalanced checkbook.
The same goes for credit. Young adults who spend money by paying for purchases with credit they cannot afford are making the same sort of mistake. Credit is something that is too easy to get and too easy to abuse.
Telling your children to avoid credit entirely is not the answer either. Credit needs to be established at an early age to have for emergencies for instance. But obtaining credit for future needs is different from credit abuse.
The concept that I am talking about is credit and how to manage it wisely.
I cannot understand why this crucial topic is not covered in schools today but I believe that it is imperative for parents to teach their children how to handle credit.
How many people grow onto young adulthood and immediately obtain and then misuse credit cards? I would venture to say that a large amount of today's young adults have buried themselves in debt that will take years to overcome.
Credit card companies make it very easy for college students to obtain credit cards. But if you stop and think about it, most college students do not have the wherewithal to pay for the credit card debt that they can so frivolously incur.
Many young adults today do not even know how to balance their checkbooks. I used to constantly prod my son to keep his checkbook balanced, making a joke out of it by calling it "Big Boy Checking". But it's not a joke when a young adult keeps throwing money away for overdraft fees caused by an unbalanced checkbook.
The same goes for credit. Young adults who spend money by paying for purchases with credit they cannot afford are making the same sort of mistake. Credit is something that is too easy to get and too easy to abuse.
Telling your children to avoid credit entirely is not the answer either. Credit needs to be established at an early age to have for emergencies for instance. But obtaining credit for future needs is different from credit abuse.
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