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Who said that only adults get into debt? According to a survey of NSW and Victorian teenagers, this sector is fast getting into debt. How can this happen? This is due to one main reason – teenagers buying gadgets.

You may be thinking, they are still teenagers, how can they get into debt? According to the same study, teenagers now have more pocket money than we ever did at that age. Their money comes from higher allowances from their parents plus the fact that many of them work. This could either be part-time or full-time. As a result, they end up getting into debt trouble with their credit card companies and mobile phone providers.

Though not all of us may have teenage children at this point, the trend should be a cause for alarm. We know that you cannot survive without credit these days – it is a fact of life. They key lies in handling that credit properly. As adults, we have to show the right way to deal with this. We should know that having bad credit and being up to our necks in debt is certainly not a good thing. Even adults have problems with this.

I believe that as early as now, we should be teaching our children how to handle their own finances wisely. Good financial sense does not come as an epiphany. It does not happen overnight. Children should be taught at an early age regarding these matters. Who else should do it but their parents and guardians?

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