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Debit card for 14 year old?
#21
Bazooka,

As others have pointed out, this is a good opportunity to start teaching your daughter about personal financial management. It's something that should be taught at an early age and expanded upon as the years progress. One of the key issues you'll face with bank accounts is that your daughter is a minor. The only bank I found that offered a suitable account was Wells Fargo. It is called a Way2save. However, rather than a bank account, a reloadable debit/credit card is a way to go.

You should teach her to treat it like a normal credit card. Make sure she tracks how much money is loaded onto it and how she spends the bucks. Get her started with a personal finance application. Make sure it has a smartphone app that also syncs with a desktop app. Enter the transaction into the smartphone app. Save the receipt. Sync to computer. Balance the account each month.

Robert
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#22
Robert M wrote:
It's something that should be taught at an early age

Amen to that. My daughter has actually asked me why they don't teach this type of stuff in school. And I have to agree. I've used the pythagorean theorem exactly ONCE since I left the educational system. However, I've done taxes and paid bills and maintained a budget every single year since. So which is more important?
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#23
bazookaman wrote:
My daughter has actually asked me why they don't teach this type of stuff in school. And I have to agree.

If my wife ever goes back to teaching, that's actually a class she'd like to teach if she needs to fill out her schedule. But, unless the government decides to make it a requirement, it's a hard sell to add it as an elective class, and probably near impossible to make it happen at a public school.
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#24
Bazooka,

I've been saying for years that personal finance and financial responsibility should be taught as a critical component of both elementary and secondary math curriculum. Start'em young! Kids should have a basic understanding of personal finance and financial responsibility by the time they graduate from high school and shouldn't receive a diploma without it.

Robert
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#25
No credit unions here, so this mimics the conversation I had a few months ago when looking for myself. I'll revisit some of the links here, https://www.magnifymoney.com/blog/news/7...114108993/
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#26
deckeda wrote:
No credit unions here, so this mimics the conversation I had a few months ago when looking for myself. I'll revisit some of the links here, https://www.magnifymoney.com/blog/news/7...114108993/

where do you live that there are no credit unions?
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#27
graylocks wrote:
[quote=deckeda]
No credit unions here, so this mimics the conversation I had a few months ago when looking for myself. I'll revisit some of the links here, https://www.magnifymoney.com/blog/news/7...114108993/

where do you live that there are no credit unions?
In a rural area. There are local banks here only.
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