Getting credit cards for kids can age you. I should know; even though I write about credit cards for a living, the idea of sharing my carefully curated credit score with my kids was harrowing.

Teaching kids about credit cards helps prepare them for a financial future in which they’ll make purchases now and pay them off later. Adding your child as an authorized user on your credit card ...

Our opinions are our own. The best student credit cards set you on a path to building strong credit — something that might not seem pressing while you're still in school but will matter a lot ...

BusyKid offers kids' debit cards for children between ... you'll need to link an external bank account, debit card, or credit card. You won't be able to deposit cash onto the BusyKid Spend card.

On their own, once kids turn 18, they can get what is known as a “secured” credit card by making an upfront cash deposit. But that does little to build their report compared with what “being ...