The Real: “Should kids have a debit/credit card?”

[stewie_e]

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The panel on The Real (Adrienne Houghton, Loni Love, Jeannie Mai, and Tamera Mowry-Housley) discuss if kids should get a debit or credit card and when is the appropriate age to give them one. Loni feels debit cards are more appropriate while Tamera thinks 14 is a good age for a credit card with a set limit. Adrienne adds that it’s important to

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[tucker]

I got a debit card when I was 11 and I thought it was the COOLEST thing

then I tried to show off to my friends and did a balance check at an atm (it was an atm where I banked by the way! not even a different banks atm) and got a $1.50 fee just for checking my balance and was like oh this sucks

[stewie_e]

I had no idea atm’s charged to check a balance. Wtf.

[tucker]

this was 2001-ish so hopefully it's changed since then! I don't think they would charge you anymore as long as you are using your own banks atm, if you use a different banks atm to check your balance then yeah you might still get a charge

[shittysoup]

[parisdiorchanel]

My dumbass dad racked up a bunch of money with the fee for checking his balance. Like legit $50+ because he couldn't remember his balance so he'd just keep going back. When he noticed a bunch of his money gone, he was so pissed. My mom was like "bruh, it costs money!" lmao