Financial information is at risk, some said, and buying products without touching them gives many teen Internet surfers pause. Everything looks different on the computer. Plus, Waryas said, the very reason teens shop is why cyber-shopping flops. The caveat is that the fundamental action of teen shopping as a social event could be a real negative for e-commerce. If adults can do it and foul it up, kids can do it even better.
Many economic analysts agree with that credit card stance.
Cheryl Abbot, a Bureau of Labor Statistics economist, said giving that power to young people is a mistake. I'm not sure what we'd be turning loose on the world. All rights reserved.