If you’re relatively new to credit, or if you’ve made credit mistakes, you may find help in an unexpected place — your parents, grandparents or other older relatives. Credit scores tend to rise as people get older. Experian’s latest State of Credit Report showed that the youngest consumers, ages 18-22, had an average score of... Bev O'Shea is a writer at NerdWallet.

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