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The Ramsey Show Highlights

Taking Out A Credit Card In Your Kid's Name Is Horrible Advice!

The Ramsey Show Highlights

Ramsey Network

Self-improvement, Education, Business, Investing

4.5840 Ratings

🗓️ 4 January 2023

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

The Ramsey Call of the Day is a quick, daily dose of advice on life and money in under ten minutes. Hear from experts like Dave Ramsey, Ken Coleman, Rachel Cruze, Dr. John Delony, George Kamel, Kristina Ellis, & Jade Warshaw. Part of the Ramsey Network. Delivered to you five days a week. Learn more about your ad choices. https://www.megaphone.fm/adchoices Ramsey Solutions Privacy Policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

This is the Ramsey Call of the Day, part of the Ramsey Network.

0:10.6

So George, normally, I am very prepared for this show, and anything that's thrown my way besides the callers, I am on the ball.

0:20.5

But this, I am not.

0:22.2

Yes.

0:22.7

So I'm really on the edge of my seat for what's about to.

0:26.9

A minimum of like 47 people have sent me this video, being like, we need you guys to react to this video.

0:33.5

We need your thoughts on this.

0:34.7

Is this true?

0:35.4

What's your take?

0:36.6

And so Rachel has not seen this. I have seen it. And we're going to get Rachel's kind of blind reaction here. Are you ready for this? I'm not even going to set it up. I don't even know what's about to happen. So if it's a friend's clip, I'll probably quote it. If it's a quote from Notting Hill, I'm probably going to know the scene. I don't know. It's hot money advice from social media. Oh, okay. Get ready.

0:56.9

Rich people help their kids get perfect credit scores long before those kiddos can apply for their own credit card.

1:02.1

And it's not even that complicated. I can explain it to you. I'm Vivian, your rich BFF,

1:06.0

and your favorite Wall Street girlie who you follow for all the money secrets. As soon as my kid is born, I'm going

1:11.3

to set them up as an authorized user on my credit card. As you can see, with the exception of Discover

1:16.4

and American Express, most of these credit card issuers don't have a minimum age requirement.

1:21.2

This means I will be issued a credit card with their name on it, but I'll be responsible for

1:25.3

paying the bill. And you're probably wondering, what does a baby need a credit card for?

1:29.3

They don't.

1:30.3

Instead of giving the card to them, I'm either going to cut it or I'm just going to put it in a safe location.

1:35.3

I will then proceed to make on-time payments on my credit card bill every single month.

1:39.3

By doing so, I'll start building good credit for my kid, allowing them to leach onto my good credit.

1:45.5

By the time they finish high school, they'll have built a credit history of 18 years and have a score in the high 700s or even 800s.

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