Tips to Help Your Children Learn the Value of Money and Build Credit at the Same Time

I do not believe it is wise to help your child build credit until they have secured steady employment, such as a part-time job. Children need to first learn to appreciate how hard it is to earn income. This helps them associate work with money. Only after this association takes place is it wise to place a credit card in their hands. It’s putting the cart before the horse. Once your child has secured a steady part-time job I would do the following to help them learn the value of money and build credit:

1.      Open up a checking or savings bank account. Make your children deposit 20% or more of their earnings into this account and

2.      Open up a Private Label credit card for your child (Sears, JC Penny etc.). This helps them build credit and minimizes the risk of abuse on the credit card since these cards typically have lower credit limits than traditional Master or Visa credit cards. or

3.      Provide your child with a credit card where you, the parent, are the main card holder. American Express Gold and Platinum will issue credit cards to multiple users under one umbrella account. The child’s card is reported to the three credit bureaus even though the child is not legally responsible for the credit card.

4.      Need Verses Want – Teaching your child the difference between a need and a want is important. As parents we want to provide for the needs of our children. Food, school supplies, clothing, to an extent, are all examples of needs. A new iPad, iPhone, movie or concert tickets and fashion items are all wants. Making your child pay for their wants helps teach them the value of money, importance of savings as well as good spending habits.

 

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Tom spent five years studying the daily activities of 233 wealthy people and 128 people living in poverty. Tom discovered there are vast differences in the daily habits of the two groups. During his research he identified 149 daily activities that separated the “haves” from the “have nots.The culmination of his research can be found in his #1 Bestselling book, Rich Habits – The Daily Success Habits of Wealthy Individuals (www.richhabits.net).Tom is a CPA, CFP and holds a Master’s Degree in Taxation and is President of Cerefice and Company, CPAs.

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Thomas C. Corley About Thomas C. Corley

Tom Corley is a bestselling author, speaker, and media contributor for Business Insider, CNBC and a few other national media outlets.

His Rich Habits research has been read, viewed or heard by over 50 million people in 25 countries around the world.

Besides being an author, Tom is also a CPA, CFP, holds a master’s degree in taxation and is President of Cerefice and Company, a CPA firm in New Jersey.
 
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