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How to guide your teenager toward credit responsibility despite your own past mistakes

My 16-year-old wants to get a credit card and I'm terrified she'll make the same mistakes I did but I also know she needs to learn somehow.

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You're trying to share hard-won wisdom without projecting your financial shame onto your child's learning process.

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