A little passion for credit cards
Student credit cards' offers come emblazoned with messages like, "A special offer just for you!", "Exclusive," and "For select customers. " The offers are really "exclusive" to a small, hand picked group consisting of every student the credit card company could find, but no one would know that without being told. Nor are the "special" offers very special. Learning to immediately discount any appeal that flatters their ego is essential to dodging bad student credit card offers. * Teach them to interpret the small print.