Debit card for 14 year old?

[bazookaman]

Has anyone done this? For us, it's not a matter of trust or even poor judgement. I feel like our daughter has earned our trust and has exceedingly good judgement. This is just a convenience factor. She's gone out with friends and we give her cash and all is well, but there are places that simply don't take cash and so they have to scramble or go elsewhere. It would also be a much better way to give her money she earns for chores or whatever. The alternative being making a trip to the ATM to get cash out. Which is also somewhat of a pain, b/c neither my wife nor I are cash users. We just don't have it on us....ever. So getting cash to then give to the girl is a chore for us.

I've found several places that offer some kind of refillable, monitorable card. Just wondering if anyone had any real world experience.