Freeze your kids credit with a Child Credit Freeze for protection. Protect their identity, their credit and their financial future with a temporary freeze.
Freeze their Credit… not telling you to freeze the kid!
Protect your child’s credit and their identity with a Child Credit Freeze.
Credit freeze for kids is a great move because it prevents any new accounts being opened up under their social security number for as long as the freeze is in place.
In a day where it’s been reported that identity theft hits a record high, it can be even scarier for a child. The reason is that in most cases, no one in a family is checking on a four years credit in most usual cases. They feel they do not have to worry about credit. This is something that is not worried about till student loans, auto loans, credits cards and usual credit requests that do not occur until 18.
This comes down to being a part of your personal stability and security as well as protection. By going through the protection elements that are telling your story online, you are not giving away information that can make your family or child easier targets.
Your kids are all the more vulnerable, so freeze their credit.
While no one is looking, this makes kids the perfect target for those trying to steal credit and identities. Where many people today are checking and getting updates from their Discover Card, Capital One Card, other credit cards that track credit and their banks, most are never checking their kids credit.
Why Freeze Your Child’s Credit in 2025?
Prevent “Ghost Credit”:
Thieves target minors because families rarely monitor credit reports for 4-year-olds
Close the 18-Year Gap:
Most thefts go undetected until college loan/credit card applications at 18
Modern Threat Vectors:
Social media quizzes, gaming app signups, and school form breaches expose kids’ data.
(Please, stop doing these, it is click bait the majority of the time phishing for your keywords,
then applying AI and figuring out passwords over time.)
Freezing remains the only FTC-recommended method to fully shield minors from synthetic identity scams.
Step-by-Step: How to Freeze Child Credit (All 3 Bureaus)
Key Requirement: No online options exist for minor freezes – mailed documentation required.
Credit Bureau
Required Documents
Mailing Address
Experian
Written Request & Copies of
Parent DL, utility bill; Child birth cert, SSN card
About Brand Communications and Optics Strategist Loren Weisman
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Loren Weisman is a Brand Communications and Optics Strategist who specializes in illuminating authoritative intelligence and amplifying authentic experts. With a keen eye, ear and nose for detail as well as a passion for transparency, Loren is able to help authentic and authoritative businesses and individuals build robust brand and communication foundations that resonate in truth, tact and trajectory.
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