When I saw this, I was glad to see that Disney did not use a Citi or Mastercard or Visa card. That at least shows that there's a chance that they didn't sell out to "Big Plastic" by teaching our kids to worship credit. This does, however, show how the first credit card has become a rite of passage to adulthood. AND still, even though they didn't (obviously) sell out out "Big Plastic" it does brainwash kids into thinking how cool credit cards are and how their use as an emergency fund is normal.

Also, to Disney's credit, it was not a show about using credit responsibly... It was just about how the girl got in trouble and tried to hide it from her dad... and in the end got caught. The moral of the story was that coming clean early on with a problem is better than hiding it. Again, it could have been much worse by being about the acceptable use of credit, especially by teens - but it wasn't. Still, my kids don't and won't watch this trash. She'll probably be the next Britney Spears or Lindsay Lohan.

Things to think about: Why couldn't the dad give them cash to use in case of an emergency? How did the rest of us grow up not having our parents' credit cards "for emergencies" only? I mean really? "Would a cruel, cruel father give you..." credit cards? I say yes. That would be cruel.

Labels: Big Plastic, Celebrity Finances, Credit Cards