The back-to-school shopping money strategy wealthier parents are turning to

  A third of parents will use a credit card as their primary payment method for back-to-school shopping this year, according to a Motley Fool Money survey of 2,000 parents of K-12 students in the U.S. conducted in July 2026. With back-to-school shopping expected to average around $864 per family this year, according to the