re: Adding children to a credit card account

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I hear a lot of people say this, but I wonder what the percentage is on people that actually do it. Im not bashing you if that's what you want to do, but do you really want to still be hauling your kids around when they could drive themselves? I played fall and spring sports in high school and I know my parents had enough driving me back and forth to practice as a kid.

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this. My son is 16. When I was 16 I had a job and my school work was shite. C student at best. I worked all through high school and college. I often put having money in my pocket before school. My son does odd jobs and stuff for his grandparents when he wants new video games etc but I want him to put school first. He is a excellent student with a decent ACT score so far. The money I spend on him affects me in no way and I want him to put grades, internships, scholarships, ACT prep etc first. That will bring him much further in life than any min. wage job IMO. I said the exact same thing about him working after school etc. But I want him to put his education FAR first.