Back to school . . . with credit?

Friday, August 18, 2006

Should your kid get a credit card in college? And how should you teach them to balance their checkbook? Kiplinger's Janet Bodnar gives us a crash course in college finances.

A customer pays with credit (Photo by Tim Boyle/Getty Images)

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