You Have Other Options. Young people who are considering their first credit card should know there are other options available. If you do not meet the minimum age required for a credit card (or even if you do), consider the following strategies: 1. The Authorized User Strategy. Your parents could set you up as an authorized user on one of their credit cards.
Every 15 seconds a child dies of hunger, says a campaign by charities urging G8 leaders to pledge more aid for the world's poorest families-or every 10 seconds, according to the latest version of the slogan.
Hereâs what I didnât know. Each year, there is 1 child killed by a gun for every 1 million-plus guns. Again, in a country with an estimated 200 million guns (at the time of the 2005 book), this means that roughly 175 children under ten die each year from guns. Looking at the numbers, the likelihood of death by pool (1 in 11,000) versus death by gun (1 in 1 million-plus) isnât even close.