Although I didn’t try to freeze my kids’ credit, I know that you can only freeze for 7 years if you have a police report for an identity theft. Else, they’ll only freeze it for a few months or a couple of years (don’t remember which). Then, you’d have to pay them (each credit bureau have a different price) to continue to have them frozen. In another word, it’s not easy to get it frozen and it’s even harder and more expensive to keep it frozen. This is one of the few areas where I wish the government would take a more active role. It’s extremely horrible to have your identity stolen and it’s extremely stressful and hard to get it go away.