One of the worries parents have as they watch their youngsters march off to college is their student’s financial fitness. They know their son or daughter hasn’t had a lot of financial experience and yet they’re going to be managing their own money for perhaps the first time in their lives. And maybe a long distance away from home too.

Traditional credit cards are a little too dangerous for the average college-age student and so more and more parents are finding their way around to student debit cards. These handy little financial tools work just like credit cards do but without the worry for mom and dad. That’s because they have to be loaded up with cash before they can be used therefore they can never be used to overspend.

To learn more about the prepaid debit card phenomenon and student debit cards in particular, please read: An Excellent Alternative to Credit Cards.