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The boundaries between gambling as entertainment and pathology have been erased. The frequency of cases of pathological gambling is increasing all over the world, which is associated with the legalization of institutions that attract thrill-seekers: lotteries, casinos, racetracks, and slot machines.

Psychologists note that gambler children at an early age are characterized by increased sociability and lack of shyness. Craving for the game is more often observed in children from disadvantaged families, as well as from families where parents play. The gambler child is constantly under stress. This condition is a favorable ground for the development of drug addiction.

Given all this, do you think it's worth organizing separate lessons in schools designed to tell children about gambling addiction? That is, to tell children about gambling addiction separately from addiction in general - alcohol and drug addiction.

Personally, I don't think that we need a dedicated lessons for gambling addiction, maybe it should be touch base and included maybe in others subjects like alcohol and drug addiction. But to have a separate session for it? not sure how it will be effective for students. Maybe they will just go and attend but without putting their hearts on the lesson itself.  For me, everything starts with the students family and the environment because that is the first influence as far as gambling or even other addictions are concern.

I think at school it is necessary to teach, first of all, the sciences, and parents should teach the ability to live. And by the way, I am against any ideology being imposed in schools (like we see now in some countries where crazy teachers tell children about their imaginary genders and sexual preferences). Gambling might be worth mentioning in the emergency response lessons (in my country it's called Life Safety), but it's not worth devoting an entire lesson to it.

Countries in the world are not accurately organized by our governments, a lot that children supposed to be thought but they were not, example is the personal hygiene and how to avoid diseasons, all are given to only parents to teach, but many parents can not be professional like teachers. It can even be in the same subject that includes gambling and the health disadvantage of gambling, how it can lead to emotional stress and depression, but all were left to only parents alone to do. There is nothing bad to organize what could teach children about what is good for their health.

The first prevention can be done from parents, in the association is also a way for children to learn and step in finding identity. The emergence of gambling addiction behavior or drug addiction is caused by choosing the wrong association. The wrong choice of friends can lead children to negative attitudes and behaviors, so parental supervision is needed to prevent children from falling into gambling addiction.
Providing education through school designed can be done to warn children not to approach gambling, but any effort made will be in vain if children do not try to stay away from things that can damage their behavior.

People can do that if they have their own intention to recover from being addicted and i don't even think this must be included in the curriculum from the school itself. This must be applied when someone who addicted with it goes to the rehabilitation.
I think that if school is not a way for people being addicted with gambling but yeah sometime there are some cases for people who under 18 being addicted with gambling but this must not become the answer.
They will be going to the psychiatrist

Firstly, there is a possibility that such lessons will only arouse additional interest in gambling among children (even adults, having all the information about gambling, still get addicted to it). Secondly, knowledge about how gambling works (if it is decided to tell children about gambling at all) must be taught in mathematics - if a person really understands the mechanism of gambling, he will not be reckless.

Without giving a visual evidence of what you are trying to teach, it will be hard to achieve your goal with teaching kids about gambling addiction. You can give them all necessary info, show presentation and etc, but how in IRL they will test that knowledge. We have all seen people addicted to alcohol, how bad they look, in what crap conditions they live. We have all see people addicted to drugs, the way their body look, their behaviour. But have we seen how people, that addicted to gambling, differ from other people ? For example when you walk by a casino or a place with slots, can you tell who is addicted, and put this person as an example (like look kid, if you gamble a lot, you will look like this), and who is just a regular, rare player ?

I personally think that gambler or gamble addicted kids are more game loving. So they can easily become more socialized. That argument is definitely right. But kids never have that much money in their pockets so gambling addiction my become very harmful in long run. Gambling addiction should be included in classes for sure. At least kids should be familiar with common games like cards and slots.

I don't think it would be an absolute need to add, but if they wanted to then they can, just that I don't think it's something you'd actually learn even if someone wanted to teach you. Maybe teaching them to know when and how to ask for help would be better. Cause afaik, what and the types/samples of vices are already taught in school as part of a general curriculum (at least in my case) which I would as far as I can remember, also discuss addiction and stuff like that. It's really that small of a part really, nothing more can be said since the rest of the realization part is up to the person themselves.

I think that this is an issue towards the family bonding. If it is going to be open in the schools, those that do not have an idea will now have the idea about gambling.

There is pros and cons on it, that is why the negative is what I can think of. Because the innocent ones can have the idea how to gamble.

And out of their curiosity, it might be the one to trigger them engage and introduced in gambling.

In a social management there are some issues that are tried to be solved by raising awareness through education. And here is the education system for gamblers, I think it is not possible to teach only on this subject institutionally. However, it is necessary to include in the national education system about the evils of gambling and drug addiction and its consequences. Because now little boys and girls are getting addicted to drugs. If they cannot be controlled now, they will be uncontrollable in the future from which there will be no way back.

As you can see, this is a very controversial issue. Although most people understand the importance of protecting youth from gambling addiction, the best strategy to address this issue has yet to be decided. How should those who work with youth discuss the risks of gambling with their students? Is it enough for schools to teach about the odds of winning instead of as well as proper money management?

While some may be motivated by a desire to raise awareness about addiction for the benefit of students, others might argue that such lessons could actually have the opposite effect. In other words, some students may end up taking pleasure in gambling, not recognizing it as an inherently flawed behavior. Ultimately, this is one of those issues that will likely depend on how it's implemented and the intentions of individual teachers in the specific situation.

I think it is not necessary to go that way for children to organise a separate lesson for them on that. This should be left for the family to do that. Children already have lessons on drug addiction, that sort of lesson should be part of general addiction and not to go differently. If the gambling lesson should come then it can be on financial management and not just to gamble right or weong at least until they are up to 18 years.

I don't think it's necessary to do the thing you're asking about. Because parents can do it to remind children or their children. Apart from that, the teachers are also reminding in that matter that gambling does not have a good effect on anyone, especially minors.

Then gambling addiction seems to be part of drug and alcohol addictions. The teachers in this school taught that according to my knowledge on this matter. Have a good day to all ;)

Considering and seeing the current situation with technology that is quite sophisticated, internet is easy to access, Wifi is moldy in all stalls and cafes plus children at school have to learn to use Android phones, it is very likely that if the supervision of parents is tenuous, it is guaranteed that 100% of minors will fall into the world of gambling.

For that, if there are schools that carry out teaching methods regarding the effects and dangers of gambling addiction, I strongly support that it deserves to be prioritized as curriculum lessons in schools, not a separate lesson, it should be made into the main subject, if you remember the times like today.

Understanding gambling addiction for children, from an early age in elementary school, about the effects and dangers of gambling is the right way to be developed, plus about the effects of alcohol and drug addiction, ok.

I don't think we need that, we have our home and our parents to shape the future of their children, home is where the character of the child is built and shaped let's leave the parents to do their obligation to raise responsible children of course schools can help teach the bad effects of gambling addiction its already part of the subject character building in school if we have children with good character that can help them to stay away from gambling.

Most likely it is good to be part of the lesson about gambling addiction but at the right age so they are aware it is good at the same time which is early is they have the idea what are the possible cons of having this kind of entertainment satisfaction, also the elders already guide them at the same time because most of the time they are the one who already experiences this kind of problems during their growing up stage.

Due to the evolution of internet and technology the human behaviour changed completely to be precise we are becoming anti social and obsessed more with the social media interaction and other form of entertainment so we should not tie all this with the gambling alone.

Yes changes in the education system is important because even today in most corners of the world is sticking with century old educational system which should be tweaked as per the current situation.

Personally I think there’s a lot of things that schools should be teaching, real world type stuff, and I would certainly agree that teaching about the “dangers” of gambling would be one of them.  There’s a lot of things that schools / teachers just might assume kids are being taught at home, when in reality that’s half the problem right there, they aren’t. So yes, I think it’s something teachers should focus on to educate those who may not get they education at home.

I don't think it's necessary because gambling addiction is all about losing self control while gambling. And if they want to teach their kids about the dangers of gambling, maybe they need to teach them self-control or maybe self-psychology. I think children will learn about the dangers of gambling from their surroundings and with their friends. But if you think it's important to do, you must first consult with all parents in schools and listen to their suggestions or criticisms because each environment will be different.

All forms of addictions can pose a danger to children, a separate lesson in school to talk and address all forms of addiction specially can be of great benefit, but a special lesson about gambling addiction outside the other forms of addictions seems unnecessary, after all you can't say for a fact that gambling addiction is the worse of all addictions, there's no need for special attention, all addictions are dangerous and should be discouraged.

A brief discussion by teachers would help but it's not necessary. As for me, parents are more responsible for enlightening their kids about the risks and consequences of gambling addiction. More kids nowadays are aware of the things that are happening in society including gambling so parents must also do their part. It doesn't have to be taught at schools but rather as advice for the younger generation.

School lessons if done in a two way interactive way can be possibly helpful to many students who are entering puberty or adulthood. Because these are the times one can go in to the wrong steps of gambling, drug addiction and so on.

Why just gambling, there are lot of evils one can go into and a lot of psychological problems too. These things can be countered and probably be able to save some lives in the future. So I would be happy to see such developments if done in the proper way.

Currently kids are addicted to reward seeking behavior through games on phones and social media, such things fuel the tendency to go for other methods to seek rewards, like gambling.

to be honest this idea will not be effective, especially if the government applies a concept like this to be part of the school curriculum material even though it is separately.
I have to say, I don't see this idea as more important than any other addiction especially regarding drug addiction. To tell children about the dangers of addiction to gambling, alcohol, online games, drugs, is our job as parents.
everything starts from within the family circle, parents are obliged to provide knowledge about everything that can harm the child in accordance with the portion.

I don't think there's a school will give a subject focused about gambling addiction, but a seminar or an event that discuss about gambling addiction, alcohol, drug, sex etc in just one time on school are completely fine. Usually there's few organization who will conduct that seminar every year on different schools and they even conduct a seminar for public especially for kids who doesn't school. Because most people who're addict, alcohol etc are come from not schooled.

Why not?? As long as the content of the lesson is suitable for the school kids, that should be fine! Education about such things are very much needed, even the alchohol and drug addiction can be added in the curriculum. Also live awareness workshop is a very effective way to teach kids about bad addictions.

Gambling addiction is indeed a psychological issue. But if the awareness is created at a young and tender age, that may become fruitful at later stages of life.

We have so many different topics at school that children often stay in for more than 8 hours a day. We tend to work for 6-8 hours without overtime and want our children to learn patiently for more than that? I sure don't. If I could I'd reduce the time at school to the most essential stuff and demand my children to be taught basic economics, engineering, mechanics, foreign languages, history, not religion, sex education and courses about gambling. That's just a waste of time.

Why not? I always believe that proper education is needed to address gambling addiction.  The awareness campaigns and ads that warn people about gambling addiction aren't that effective.  If it is then we should see a decline in the gambling problem but we didn't instead there are an alarming concern about how more and more people are hooked on gambling and developed gambling addiction.  If the government had enough budget to integrates gambling addiction knowledge in schools then I believe it will greatly help.

it would be worth a try, considering gambling is nowadays not exclusive of real life casinos or resorts. Entertainment companies like Electronic Arts and Activision-Blizzard have successfully introduced to their games and services new mechanics which are essencially gambling, the rewards are usually high-valued cosmetic addons and skins. This only one example. In spite of this fact, this games are not marked as only for adults or mature enough people, this is how children unawarely get into de gambling world.

While the most important countries in the world decide to put an stop to these kind of practices, I'd say that teaching about this topic in schools could be a good first step for children and teens to become aware of dangers of gambling addiction.

Children quickly absorb the material taught to them, and if they are interested, they try it out for themselves. How many times have children been told about the dangers of marijuana or beer and how many times have they tested the stuff afterwards? The same might be true if you talk about the dangers of casinos, while showing bright attractive pictures of slots or gambling sites. As the saying goes - forbidden fruit is sweet.

I think this subject is worth to be mentioned at schools, but including all addiction themes together (drugs, alcohool, gambling). However, what really matters in this case is the kind of education and example children are having at home. Schools don't teach character, family does.

Here in our country there are specific lessons taught at public schools by police officers to guide children against drugs usage. On the other hand, I observe when those children grow up, they enter the drugs' world anyway, as those lessons back then didn't mean anything for them. That is why I say education, example and guidance must come from home at first place. Schools just consolidate what children have already been taught at home.

I would say the rather stealthy moves in the games industry towards micro transactions and lootboxes are probably the largest factor in introducing children into gambling like behaviors. It is definitely going to be more important to educate younger generations about these relatively new phenomenon and remember that the gaming industry is always trying to push new methods of squeezing small amounts of money out of all players. It's a bit silly, but teaching mathematics and how it really works in the physical world is still developing in curriculums around the world, like emphasizing that the many small transactions over a long term can add up to really sizable amounts and it can all be wiped out if a game developer decides to shut the support network down.

When I was still in school, our school was often visited by activists who were addicted to young people (the impact is really felt) but it was really sad to see the activities (visiting schools) from the activists were no longer there. Education about gambling is very important for young people so they can avoid it when because in learning conditions, students who gamble will definitely experience a decline in achievement.

With the way the world is going right now, children these days pick up habits irrespective of the future dangers they pose. Also just by growing up under parents who care less or who are ignorant of how their own addiction influences their offspring.
 By infusing subjects with lessons that concern vices such as drug addiction, alcohol addiction, gambling addiction, with a great concept of analogy for their understanding; these vices which pose a great threat to the future of these children, will be relieved of the power it may have on them later on. One not only cuts cost but also maintains efficiency because any one of the vices if being addicted to might be detrimental to them in the long run.
Unless one is very particular about the subject matter of gambling addiction due to reasons or results of research conducted in a given area and have witnessed or better still wants to correct an error that has caused damage that resulted from a case or cases of gambling addiction, then the need to organise special lessons for gambling addiction is rather excessive.

When curiosity does really come out on which most young people do have high level of this one which would end up on being testing out with those things that had been prohibited.It all matters with someone's

will whether they would really be engaging for the sake of testing out real experience or they would totally avoid it because there are people been saying about the dangers and risk of it.

Im not saying that this is something not really that effective but its better to make out prohibitions but not on the sense that they would be focusing too much on it
but rather sharing up information about it and then move on.

This will surely exposed them into gambling, so I believe as well that it wont work and this might put them on a bigger risk once they knew the possible system of gambling. We don’t need a separate school lesson for this, we just need them to give information about addiction, and we need to strengthen the security of casinos so we won’t see any under age playing on the casinos. Children nowadays are too fragile, they easily become a victim so I think it’s better to focus in other things instead of gambling.

School plays an important role in our education as professionals when we get the bachelor,master or Phd degrees.However the gambling addiction and every other addiction like alcohol,drugs is a 100% responsibility who fall on us,the parents to teach our kids the good and the bad and their differences.Every family has a diverse way of doing things or explaining them but in the end I believe all families do what is best for their kids and that is how it should continue to be.

I don't think it is necessary for the school to organize such lessons.For the most unfortunate ones,children abandoned from their families or who lost them early,for them there are religious institutions to teach them the good and bad (I never am pro the religious people because I believe they just sell us fairy tales that do not exist but in this case they do good).

There are some organizations at my alma mater regarding youth addiction on a lot of things. IMO, it raises awareness, but at the end of the day it is still the environment of the youth which largely affects their decisions on a lot of things. Even if separate lessons are created for the sole purpose of educating the youth about the negative effects of gambling, if the student goes home to a house full of gambling activities, the possibility of that student catching up to the said activity is extremely high.

I am for raising awareness and all that stuff. It helps prevent some cases, but not all that's for sure.

Now, it comes down to how resilient is the individual not to get involve in gambling.
If he has other life's ambitions and he is serious about those goals, he won't be a prey of this gambling habit.
It is like an individual who grew up in a really poor neighborhood, does he have a chance to get rich?
Of course yes, so it depends on the individual how he will attack his surroundings, is he going to bend and follow what he is seeing or change his path for the betterment of himself?

Those are on to those times when you do get matured but if we are still on a state that we arent minding about our future but minding about on the current things that do interest you.
Its true that this would be basing up on self will whether you arent really that interested on what gambling offers or you would be testing out for the sake of curiosity.
Each decisions in life will really be entirely depending on you and you arent that a fool on not to make out some picturization of things that might happen ahead
if you do get involved that much on a particular thing.

It is not just worth it, it is necessary. It was John Locke who said a child's mind is like a blank slate "Tabula Rasa". Teaching young kids about the inherent dangers of getting addicted to gambling, drugs, alcohol and other very risky before is like writing a clean code. Zero bugs. And one of the most effective and efficient ways to do this in my opinion is through formal education.

I do not think that gambling addiction should be taught separately from other forms of addiction. As a matter of fact, they should be taught together because you will most likely see someone who is addicted to gambling already fighting another form of addiction.  In the end, it doesn't mean that some of the kids won't deviate, what it means is that you would have to a great degree significantly cut down the number of those who will be in therapy in the future.

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Are you really sure that these psychologists were doing research or are simply making assumptions, because from what I've seen of addicted gamblers, even though they are children, they become people who are not social and are very shy because they spend hours or days without leaving home to play, as they cannot go to physical casinos, so they spend all day at online casinos, and of course, if a person is playing 24 hours a day, that person will not have time to talk to other people and as a consequence becomes a shy person.


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As far as I know, disadvantaged children don't have money to play games, but rich children have a lot of money to play games, it is very rare to see poor children who are shy and stay indoors 24 hours a day, poor children because they cannot afford to have a computer, cell phone, they choose because they go to play in the street with their friends while rich children, because they have money, stay at home because they have a computer, cell and more things that involve technology.

on the drug issue, honestly I don't see how children who gamble get stressed and get involved in the drug world, it seems to me that this research is distorted


that wouldn't be a good thing, addiction is a disease and as a disease is treated in the hospital the school is there to teach things like history, math or other things. Gambling is an entertainment, not something that should be taught in school.

Gambling addiction is now going worse and worse, not only among adults but also among teenagers because of the very easy ways to play gambling by phone. Many teenagers are doing gambling because of some reasons, as you said, and moreover teenagers will certain condition in their home, their environment around, their friends, and also their also addicted to phones. In fact, they are under control however teenagers commonly will do only based on what they like and love to do, but still cannot control their own emotions and addictions.
Giving the education for gambling addiction is actually very important to all people. But, will this work? Depend on the personal intention whether they want or not. Additionally this may not run very well if applied in to the school, moreover gambling addiction is considered still as taboo, moreover some of them may not want to show themselves that they are on the gambling addiction. But here, thismay be tried several times and need certainattention also from families  and also all people around to support the teenagers to  talk to us about their codnition, this is ot easy of course.

It depends if gambling is very rampant in that country, but if it's about accessibility to any gambling-related sites or tools it should be the parent's obligation to see to it that their children will not be addicted or the subject is properly explained to children, the parents can teach addiction to their children effectively, because they have a moral obligation to their children to teach them the harmful effects of gambling.

Children usually look up to their parents, so I believe one simple way is to be a good example to them.
If they see that their parents are not in any way touching the gambling aspect, they may not think about it.
Also, parents will always have the responsibility to make sure their kids know the repercussions brought by gambling.
As they can learn them from their peers or via online, what they will be holding is the principles their parents instilled on them.

Proper guidance is the key but there are things which could inevitably able to encounter to our kids which it might really be resulting on having that kind of curiosity afterwards
but its true that whenever they dont able to see it into their parents then it is unlikely that they would really be getting involved into something  specially if they've been
guided thoroughly by their parents.If this one is been taught on the school about gambling addiction and its negative then it would add up the entire
idea which for them to avoid completely but on some point there are children which might go opposite.

It is worth tackling since most children would eventually get exposed to gambling through other ways, and having these early lessons could serve as a guide for them in the future. I don't see the downsides to having a few lessons about gambling addiction even though schools aren't required to have these types of lessons I still think it'll help their students in some way.

At least providing education about gambling at a young age is a good thing because usually when children are prohibited from approaching gambling, they will try to find out what gambling is and become more and more curious about gambling until finally making them addicted to gambling, From research in several cases with the observations of some children who have been given education about something bad then they will stay away from it and will not approach it because they already know the result that it is not good and will not find out anymore because he already understands it, so that way can reduce people who are potentially addicted to gambling.

yes, I think schools should teach these and other social issues more.
The problem is that in many countries financial education is not even addressed, who would have thought then that they would be able to talk about gambling addiction!?
I'm sure governments would spend much less money to include this approach in school preventively than in the future to remedy this situation.
Unfortunately, governments collect a lot from gambling but invest little of what they receive to invest in this area.

I think that if we are aware if education is also being given to control our emotions. Parents are playing the most important thing in this case but you must not remember that if im sure that parents will not teach their son to play gambling. Their enviroment must become the most potential factor who has been telling us about that. The fact that so many people who are under 18 known about gambling from their environtment. Parent is important part to recover from them their addiction.
This days almost anyone can access internet. This makes them feel more easy to know about that too.

Perhaps they can talk it outside of school like with their parents on someone older than them? At least for me that is the case, although I have seen my father gamble, but I didn't follow him when I was a little. But they gave me lessons about gambling that I can't go play and understand the bad effects. So the education for me started at my own home and not in school. It's that when I grow up, have a decent job and that I was influence by one office mate to go to casinos, but I old enough that time.

I doubt "craving" for gambling has anything to do with "how disadvantage" the family is. The amount of rich people that gambles is more than those of people that can't afford to gamble. Both the super rich and the poor loses a lot of money, but you hear more about poor people gambling and losing everything because their sad story sells more.

Gambling addiction lesson in school? Sure, why not? If they can give lessons about drug addiction, then they can also give lessons on gambling addiction. In fact they should make the kids aware of all kind of addictions and their harmful effects.

Some parents are just busy working and they forget to talk about important matters on their children so I don't see this as a bad idea. Kids can in fact get more motivated to listen if they see that they aren't alone but they have their classmates which are also listening on the same thing but I can see one disadvantage here and that is kids who aren't yet exposed in gambling, will get curious to know if what is it and they will try it. What if they themselves get addicted in the process?

I like the attitude you are showing there and also your father because I think some fathers will let their kids follow their path especially if their kids find out that they are into gambling and they confront them. You have waited to grow older and have your own source of living before you engage yourself in gambling. I won't worry with you now because for sure you still have a self discipline and won't become an addict later on.

Maybe schools need to teach every student to have good self-control, a sense of socialization towards others, and a sense of shame because I see this starting to fade among the younger generation.
In addition, schools also need to emphasize the dangers of gambling, alcoholism and drug addiction so that they will never try it.
But schools cannot supervise children all the time and this task remains the duty of every parent, especially if they have children who are already teenagers.
Supervision for children growing up will be more difficult because they have hung out with more friends and rarely communicate with us, so the school and parents must consider this.

Maybe Safe gambling and education instead, early education is very important to children since it gives them an early proper guide so that they don't become too exposed to some things that may affect their life, this shouldn't really be an institution or gathering but could start from the parents, the basic proper education should start from parents and let them know the merits and demerit of gambling and government could take it further and introduce it as subject, it will practices children to see gambling as an entertainment and something to have fun about since they are the one who used to give license to this companies.

I think too many issues are dumped on the educational system, because parents are failing their kids. The education system cannot teach children all the life skills they need to survive in this world.... some of this has to come from the parents.

Yes, some parents are gambling addicts ...so taking advice and guidance from them will be useless, because they themselves need help and guidance. So it is in cases like this, where the parents fail... that the educational system has to fill that gap.  ;)

why? For me i think much better to keep it than make a lesson for children because despite surely it can influence them after all the lessons, where in because of curiosity? So it must be banned to keep our children safe.

There is a separate special subject that we had when I was in college and it was called "career development" or "Cardev" as they say it for short.
It was offered as part of your study load mandatorily. It isn't a regular subject but we only have it during Saturdays for 1 hr.
It tackles more on your career development generally, but the professor who handled us also tackles about the danger of drug and alcohol addiction, but not gambling. So, yeah I guess any schools could actually impose it on their curriculum, but I don't think this is suitable for elementary and high school kids. This kind of subject is more relevant to college students.

In some countries, Gambling is accessible to teens but in most countries, the legal age is 18 still teens gamble because they have access to the internet or they have friends who are into gambling. Parents surely have a duty towards their children but all they can do is monitor and keep a check. They can guide them but they cannot be with the child 24/7. I think since most part of the day a child is in school therefore it becomes a moral obligation for them to also inform the about the harmful effect of Gambling.

Increased sociability and lack of shyness might not really seem like bad qualities to have, or at least that's how it sounds to me when I read OPs post. Perhaps OP phrased that wrong?

Gambling addictions are extremely similar to drug addictions by how they break the brains wiring. This is extremely dangerous to the undeveloped brain of a child as it hinders the correct brain growth during the vital moments in adolescence.

I think school lessons for gambling might help children understand this fact better. So I would say that it's a good idea!

I live in a country where Gambling is officially banned, but it doesn't stop the online illegal casino to operate. Most of the people in here is quite conservative so the parent always teach their kids that Gambling is bad, and if some kids are caught gambling the parent will make an extreme measure to make sure the kid stop, like take their phone for couple of months and even beating them. Now, I am not saying that you should beat your kid because their gambling, but I think it's easier for parent to prevent their kids from gambling rather than forwarding those responsibilities to school.

A correct point has been made. Education is needed to demonstrate the effects of gambling addiction. Doing this from a young age can prevent some things. However the harms of early gambling in schools can have an adverse effect on education. Gambling is not an addiction that directly harms people like drugs and alcohol. But the harm is perhaps as great as alcohol and drugs. In order to prevent this, it is necessary to take measures to restrict gambling. It may be to remove the things that make gambling attractive. Getting fast results in gambling is a factor that increases addiction. In order to keep disadvantaged children, people and families away from various addictions it is necessary to increase their economic well being.

In my personal opinion I think it's obvious to give children lessons about the bad  effects of gambling addiction not only just school also parents should guide them in home . Because if they become addicted to gambling at the teen age, then their future can will fill with dark.  And everything has a perfect timing, but nowadays due to excessive use of mobile phones and lack of proper guidance from our parents, our children are getting addicted to gambling and also to the others bad things. I think one of the ways to get rid of it is to educate them about its bad sides in school.

Realistically, I believe that the subject of gambling will not be discussed in schools and if it is discussed, it will only be in passing. Even if it is for a good cause to prevent addictions. And I don't think that even if it were to be done, it would have much effect if we look at the effect that education in schools had on the dangers of drugs.

I think the most important work has to be done at home, and not to avoid taboo subjects such as gambling, drugs or sex.

Yes, same here where I live, gambling is illegal so anyone caught will be punish. But I don't think that it should be teach in school. It's already illegal so for sure kids now that they are not allow to gamble. And for those who are caught, for sure the parents are affected and they should disciple their kids and it's really up to them to teach them the bad effects of gambling and that they shouldn't deal with it. Yeah, perhaps the parents will do that kind of punishment like taking the phone and grounding them. But still nothing beats a lesson fomr the parent themselves.

I think this should be taught at home, not in school. A simple awareness about gambling addiction should be teach at home, to give kids a heads-up, that gambling is bad for everyone, because it takes a lot of damages in yourself, mentally, emotionally, and physically. It is good to teach kids stuffs that they should be avoided, because kids are curious, therefore they are the ones that should be prioritize to teach such thing.

Even though gambling in your country is prohibited, I think some people still play clandestine gambling and try to avoid the government and the authorities. And gambling can make anyone, including children, continue to gamble, and they can do that by playing in gambling casinos that no one knows about. Especially now that many online casinos can provide convenience for many people in gambling. But it's not easy for parents to supervise their children, let alone limit them from socializing because it can make their children turn around and become hostile to their parents. There's been a lot going on among kids that it's become like that so maybe parents need to take a different approach.

Yes, right I agree
Gambling addiction is very similar to addiction to drugs, video games, online games that can damage the wiring of the child's brain.


This idea is good and interesting for us to discuss, however, this idea will not be effective if it is used as learning material in schools. To help children in recognizing the good and the bad, especially the understanding regarding addiction.
I don't think it is appropriate to make it a learning material. As for this idea to work, it must be adapted to the needs of the student level.
This idea will run only as part of extracurriculars within the school including recognizing understanding on other types of addiction.

If you teach it at home, it still looks lacking because the interaction is only with children and parents, while at school they can learn about avoiding gambling with the right person as a teacher and of course the teacher will also provide information to people who know what they are learning and ask for help. to always remind children about what is learned in school.

In my country, schools give sex education classes - teenagers are told about the need to use contraception during sex. It just makes them laugh. I don't think that lessons on the risks of gambling will evoke other emotions in them, but children who are not familiar with gambling at all thanks to their parents can get interested in it.

In my opinion, it is better for parents to conduct such educational work.

School is also a character formation institution so why not, some countries have this as one of their subjects, it strengthens the moral fiber of the society if they involve the school in teaching children about gambling addiction, although homes are where character building are starting there are times where parents need the help of the school especially those with large families where some children are neglected.

I guess it is same with the Personal Development subject most likely recently into the range of Senior Highschool up to college like around first or second year of them, and this is all about the tackle about the personal experiences, denial, flight and fight between the people's decision makings and it is a good example gambling addiction there's a lot of criteria can be use for example and it is good at the early age now they know what are the things needed to avoid if they want to try or experience this entertainment.

Lessons in a school for children about addiction is actually good because there is no addiction lessons in my area yet too, the level of addiction will probably decrease. In the past, that's education was only part of morals which was only told by parents or religious leaders to children, about addiction and other meanings of life, if implemented into school lessons it would be very helpful.

We hear more about poor people also because there are simply so many more of them than there are rich people. Therefore, for one rich person who has completely lost his money (which, by the way, is quite difficult in his position, since he simply has a lot of assets), there are hundreds or thousands of poor people (or people with average incomes).

It is indeed that gambling is more easier nowadays. Even there's a law prohibiting the community to gamble, but with the easy access online, those gamblers can easily play, either by means of casinos or they can set it up online and make a bet. In terms of young generations, parents need to have a different approach in order to facilitate this young generation. They needed to excel and not to let their kid being influenced by friends who are engaged with this kind of activities.


Giving students' good awareness with a possible outcome if ever they got too much engagement or worse, become addicted is good it will equipt them with good knowledge and with the good guidance by their parents/guardians they will be able to avoid addictions.

Exactly. Poor people losing on gambling obviously portrays the extreme negatives of gambling addiction. The poor are always a good baseline for everything unfortunate, and the rich capitalizes on that. Also, poor people are always susceptible in making the 'wrong decisions' due to their status in life, whereas the rich can do a lot of mistakes and still come out on top simply because they have the money to sort all problems out.

The effect of the lessons of gambling addiction will be close to zero. Those who want to play will continue to do so. If a child or student has gamblers in their environment, whether they are friends or relatives, they will still play and your lessons will not be able to resist this. As a result, this will result in a waste of educational institutions' resources. Also, students who are not involved in these games will be forced to attend these lessons on gambling addiction. At a minimum, it will be a waste of time for them, and at a maximum, it can have the effect of advertising for them.

Gambling temptations could be everywhere and it will be an individual's personal choice whether to fall for it or avoid it. Educational institutions shouldn't focus well on providing lessons about gambling addiction because setting reminders will be enough. It will still be a person's prerogative on how to handle gambling when they grow up. Giving lessons like this will only make more students feel curious about gambling.

The difference between rich and poor gamblers is enormous. A rich person will not allow himself to lose his last money in the casino because his money works for him and he is well aware of that. He plays with the money the loss of which will not cause any problems in a financial situation or which he got very easily. A poor person plays with the last of his money in the hope of getting rich, even if he has worked hard for it.

There isn’t really much you can do to prevent people from getting addicted. It is just their destiny. Every time a person was born, the gods flip a coin and decide that person’s future. If he was lucky, he becomes someone smart enough to understand mathematics and if not, he becomes another weakling getting his blood sucked off by the gambling industry. People usually don’t get smarten up at their later age. If they can figure it all out before 20-25 then they’ll be fine. If not, then it means they choose to be a fuck up.

I find this a little bit contradictory, because you imply people are predestined to be what they are, but at the same time you acknowledge they can choose to be a "fuck up". Addictions of any kind are a illness a problem and most of problems can be solved of prevented, otherwise the concept of rehabilitation would be meanless, there are people touched rock botton, realized they had a problem and successfully recovered from it once they received professional help and support from their family and friends, of course there are also people who never manage to recover from an addiction but the fact one can fall into such a problem does not mean one is completely helpless.

I agree into some points about destiny but you could eventually changed up that destiny if you are tending to do so but its true that no one could predict on what a persons future but somewhat doing up
something in correlation on avoidance on particular things since we know on what would be the outcome could really somewhat avoid them on certain path which would might destroy their
lives thats why it would be still relevant on having this particular actions.

Lessons on gambling addiction isnt really necessary or should be put up on emphasis yet this one could really be done nor start on the parents itself if they would really be
keep on reminding or show up some awareness on whats the cons of it.

There is a lot of comic relief in this post. Well I believe addiction is hereditary in the sense that it is not a choice but a habit that is passed down to people related by blood and to this a son out of all takes after his father and daughter in same light.

I would disagree with you on this.  A person's future is affected by his decision.  One won't gamble if he decides not to.  If you are saying that math intelligence is needed to win in gambling, I beg to disagree.  Even a math genius can't predict the result of gambling (i.e a simple toss coin).  It is too random for them to predict the outcome and for those who got it right, that is just a coincidence. And I have seen lots of Math genius being hooked up and addicted to gambling in all range of ages.   I think what they lack is proper education about gambling and gambling addiction.  So I am in to try the implementation of school lessons about gambling addiction.

This is not hereditary, it’s always a choice to become a gambler and there’s a lot of instances that your father is a big time gambler, and you are not. Exposing the Children into gambling is not a good idea, as a parent you should not allow this to happen and giving a good lesson for addiction can work but it’s good for this to be taught at the College level since they are already at the right age and they know already how to control their emotion.