 TITLE: What Should Kids Use a Credit Card For? CONTENT: Early Lessons Help You and Your Child\n-------------------------------------\nA credit card can give your child an exciting sense of freedom and the ability to make safe and secure transactions. When it's kept in good standing, it will boost his or her credit scores, which will help when it comes time to get a credit product in his or her name, rent an apartment, or do anything else that requires an attractive credit report.\nDon't be afraid to start credit card school, which includes access to a card, as soon as your child seems up to the task. When your child understands how these accounts work, he or she will not only feel comfortable and capable, but will be less apt to come to you to for a financial bail out later on in life. END