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We are going to be using Micheal Jordan as our case study :

Micheal Jordan gambled away $5 million dollars in one night^{[1] (https://www.pokertube.com/article/billionaire-michael-jordan-s-multi-million-dollar-bets-5million-craps-loss)}, he is a Billionaire, but that does not remove the fact that that's a hell lots of money to gamble away in just one night, you might want to say he is an adult and a Billionaires, and he is free to spend his money in which ever way he wants - understandable... Now, what about his son?

Marcus Jordan is just 19 years old, he spent a whooping $50,000 dollars in one night in Las Vegas on gambling and drinking in a strip night club^{[1] (https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/news/story?id=5513792)[2] (https://nba.nbcsports.com/2010/08/30/marcus-jordan-tweeted-about-underage-tweeting-gambling/)[3] (https://www.essentiallysports.com/nba-basketball-news-just-like-father-michael-jordan-who-lost-5-million-in-1-night-of-gambling-son-marcus-jordan-threw-away-50k-in-1-wild-vegas-party/)}, the report shows he threw away $35,000 in gambling while $15,000 went into drinking alcohol and girls in the club, and do not forget that it is illegal to drink and gamble under the age of 21 in the state of Nevada where they live....

The young lad even posted that night's expenditures on his Twitter account where he said , and I quote....
but according to report, the tweet got deleted.

This (from the articles) I believe happened in 2010, but I believe it's a fresh story for those of us getting to know this for the first time,

What do you make out of this story, should we really allow our children to live such a lifestyle like gambling and night clubbing, most especially, when they are still under aged?

Let's discuss about this..

-  5M$ dollars is equivalent to 290M in our money. That kind of value here is that you have your own company to speak of. In Michael Jordan's situation, that kind of value to him might be a coin or he just doesn't care about it. Now, regarding his son, we don't know if Michael Jordan knows that his son gambled that amount or maybe He knows where He might also tolerated His son for this habit.

Of course, if I were a parent at that age of my son, I would never allow my child to gamble like that just to enjoy his life. Other rich people should teach their children how to value money, and they should learn to work hard for it before getting it so that they grow up knowing and knowing how to appreciate the money they worked for.

I have posted several times on this forum that my kids may not know that I am gambling, that I would prefer only my wife to know about it. I still do not know what would be my conclusion about this yet, if it is right thing for someone to let his children to know if he is gambling or not. But I am still thinking that it would be most appropriate to let them know but to teach them how addiction can be and how to avoid it. But as of now,I am having plan to just hide it from children and yet let them know what is gambling addiction and how to avoid it.

I don't think that this topic is about Gambling. It's more about being humble and have some decency, while you are living an easy life in God-mode and you have everything served on a silver platter. >:(
Michael Jordan decides what to do with his money and how to teach his son some life lessons(if he's ever going to teach him about anything).
Life always comes back and bites you in the a$$, it doesn't matter how rich you are.
I don't have children, but if I had any children, I would never give them money for gambling and strip clubs. Even if I was a millionaire or billionaire, I would never do such thing.

I have a daughter and usually females are rarely attracted by strip clubs or gambling so I start advantaged in this way.If I had a son though I would make sure to show him by examples what this action brings now and in the future and to educate him on a case by case basis until he learned that everything that comes from something that you do not sweat for will not stay long with you,for example the money you win from gambling.You go back to the casino until you lose everything and that is the law of life otherwise we would have seen casinos made millionaires (I mean except people who win multi million dollar jackpots).

Gambling is not good for everybody whether it's an adult or young, it is only good for some set of people with the right psychology for it. These set of people might fall or not fall at the legal age, yet they must still be restrained until they have the full right by law to gamble. I know that Micheal Jordan would have regretted what he did that night, and this could be reasoned by such story not repeating itself.

And as a parent, I don't think it is responsible for any parents to allow their children to gamble until they reach the freedom and legal age where parents have no total control over them anymore. Even at that, parents should still be advising and counselling their children on how to live a good life, where gambling responsibly should be among.

I think there is a stage you will reach in life that the things you consider big will actually look little in your eye, If I have up to $1000 in my casino wallet and blow it all in one day due to my silly life, it will pain me a lot because that's big money to me right now but if at all I'm a Millionaire and loss $1000 a day, I wouldn't feel anything at all because it is actually not something that will move my pocket, that is the same thing Micheal Jordan and for him to place that kind of bet, he was having an assurance of winning back but gambling they say.

Marcus Jordan will likely pay a fine for violating the law, it is a rule that must be followed, he will surely pay a fine which I think wouldn't be a problem for them if they could blow up thousands of dollars in gambling.

This is the danger of getting everything in just a short period of time or when you are young and you're earning too much, as a young guy, you tend to be reckless in all the spending you want to taste everything, your reason is I have more years to earn this money might as well try all these stuff, it's not only Michael Jordan but there are many personalities or rich young people who get everything want at an early age if they are not properly guided they will soon lose all their earnings, another of this case is Mike Tyson.

Idk at 19 in that specific scenario, I'd blame both child and parent. 19 is an age where impulsive actions are rather of the norm, but it doesn't excuse you from the fact that you let yourself get carried away by a multitude of factors to do something dumb, in this case like this (and technically breaking the law if what OP said is true). Yes, the consequences would be pretty light since they're rich a f, and this is where the responsibility of the parent comes.

As other people have said, it's not even about gambling, it's about taking light of your actions since the consequences would be close to non-existent due to their family background. There's nothing to discuss here imo, it's just the rich acting rich, and nothing we can do about it, they're rich after all (and influential as well most likely).

The kid is learning from his father, following his footsteps... I think OP wanted to discuss not "should we let our kids to gamble" topic, but rather "what kids learn from our deeds". I think we have no rights to judge how Michael raise his kids. Like OP says, he can do what ever he wants with his money, he could raise his kids how he wants. But we better stress on what lessons kids learn from what their parents do.

P.S. The fact that Marcus Jordan is underaged is not the main problem. His father isnt saint also. And we all did some creepy and close to illegal things when we were young.

This is the problem if we have too much money and not a good example to our own children. We should not blame the kids here rather blame the parents for exposing those kind into this kind of activities at a younger age. I'm not sure about if its more about their culture but I guess, if you have that amount of money and you didn't work on that at all it's easy to spend it. I know MJ already learned the lesson and now aiming for a more profitable investments, this incident happened years ago and that could be the biggest why they choose to be better.

What I understood from this whole situation is that children are reflection of their parents and whatever your child see you doing as a father he automatically becomes attracted to it, so we mostly know the right time to expose them to some things.

It is not wrong to let your children know whatever you are doing, but there should be age specifications for it all there must attain some certain age before you exposed them to it because it is better to let them know and understand the risk than them learning from outsiders.

This is what I think about the example in the OP. Michael Jordan's son, Marcus Jordan, who is 31 years old now, by the way, learned from his own experience at the early age(19) that overusing gambling and night clubbing isn't a good thing for you and for those around you too. Three years later, in 2013, Marcus graduated with a degree in hospitality management. And 6 years later, in May of 2016, he opened a high-end sneaker store named the "Trophy Room". Now he's dating a famous TV star, Larsa Pippen, and there are no news of him being a gambling addict.

I think it's a good example of how you can learn from your own mistakes.

I think that's just one instance or a coincidence but even if there are rich adults that even in their lavish lifestyles there child/ren that don't immediately imitate what their parents are doing. I don't think that it's always the case here, it will depend on every case.

This topic is not about being humble. Because you are gambling, that does snot mean you are not decent. Gamblers with the right mind can be decent too. There are people that are not gambling and not decent.

That does not mean Micheal Jordan did such a thing too. His child is 19 years old, still at teen age but an adult because he is above 18 years. His father may not know what he did until it became news . We can not know all what our children are doing. Because you did not give your children money for gambling, that does not mean they do not have money to gamble with as long as you are a millionaire.

Lot's of rich kids are spoiled rotten. The world exists as their playground and they respect noone. If they get into trouble daddy will pay and get them out. Obviously that's not how they should act, and not respecting money will land them in the poorhouse fast if they don't learn but sometimes a hard lesson is what's needed for them to learn. Or the parents need to cut them off and start teaching tough love.

The answer is of course no, but if parents openly teach gambling in front of their children, then inevitably it will be imitated by their children and will not be much different. Parents play an important role here, Michael Jordan, who is actually a billionaire who spends large amounts of money, is no longer a strange thing. The glamorous life has become a bad habit which at the end of his life will be a bit broken. Now imitated by his son, who is 19 years old and has spent a lot of money. I don't know what he was thinking because he imitated the wrong parents.

Like his father, who spent a lot of money gambling, his son also spent a lot of money gambling. But it's a story that doesn't need to be done, especially by the kids of the rich because they're not old enough and can spend a lot of money when they can hold their own.

When a child is left with their own money, they will show off to their friends that they have money and can spend it with them. We must make it a lesson for ourselves and our children so that they do not get carried away by the circumstances of their environment and friends.

Michael Jordan should know better because he first experienced this he should instill  financial literacy and good morals, to his son, they are both not good models for the youth, they make it appear right to spend on gambling when you are earning a lot when you are still young, the son reflects what kind of upbringing Michael Jordan instill to his son, its about time Michael talk to his son and be a good father to him by teaching him values.

Well, if it was 2010, then at that time Michael Jordan was not yet a billionaire, but he was a multimillionaire and his addiction to gambling is described in book "Michael Jordan: The Life", by Roland Lazenby, so there is nothing to be surprised about, he just could afford it.

I often read stories about parents and their children betting in the gambling arena, I assume Marcus Jordan is not a child anymore he is 19 years old, Marcus has been able to draw conclusions in his life without the guidance of his parents to determine his life, continue gambling or stop.

I also asked and wondered at what age Michael Jordan involved Marcus in the gambling arena, that was regardless of their billionaire family, but that needs to be questioned, considering that Marcus is used to betting $50k in a night, this is a sign that Marcus is not a new kid who gets involved in gambling.

I conclude in the story, actually who has the full rights and decisions about Marcus' life lies in himself, not when Marcus was 19 years old to say something to Marcus by Michael.

Parents usually combat problematic gambling in their children through education or monitoring, but these methods are not effective at the age of 19. The fact is, no one knows how to deal with this issue, and even if we did, there's no way to stop children from gambling at that age. If you want your children to gamble responsibly, then immediately start educating them on the risks of gambling at an early age. The sooner they learn about these risks, the less likely they will be to develop a problem with gambling later on in life. It's important to keep an eye out for warning signs that your child may have a gambling problem, as well as teaching them healthy habits with money as soon possible.

The lesson you can always draw from stories like this is that as parents, you should always be careful about the habits that you let your children see you have at an early age in their lives. If you let your kids see some of your habits and you do not talk to them about it, it is an indirect endorsement and validation of such habits to them. As a parent, you owe it to your children to guide them properly not to make the same mistakes as you did.

This is what power and money is capable of op. Jordan's son is an elite which implies that the usual rules which apply to common citizens don't apply to him. Anyone who thinks that they do need to get their heads checked.

The only people that can point the kid in the right direction are people who he would listen to without a doubt(Family etc).

On the other hand, commoners should be allowed to gamble as much as they want as long as they meet the legal age requirement. Their futures lie in their hands obviously.

although i am a gambler but i never let my child know about gambling. it may sound like i'm selfish but i also have a desire that if my child is an adult he should be able to put his money in the right place such as opening a promising business in the future, not putting money on the gambling table.
not because i am selfish but i have been in gambling for a long time and whatever happens in gambling is very bad if you can't control your emotions especially if you are young it is very difficult to control emotions.
so in conclusion i will never allow or tell about gambling to my child, because it will affect my child's future.

That's what I do to keep it hidden about gambling and don't tell them unless I advise them not to gamble underage because this will certainly have a bad impact with severe addiction, so I always accompany so that he doesn't become excessive especially on the internet very broad and now there are many gambling advertisements everywhere on social media, therefore I always give advice not to play gambling even if you try, I will forbid until he is an adult and can make the best decisions.

As for the story above, I think it's too much freedom, so he can do what he wants, but I don't want it to happen to my son so I will continue to monitor him.

It's hard to pass judgement in this scenario for me, because they simply exist in a different realm of wealth than 99.999% of the worlds population. The figures they talk about sound huge, they are huge, but to them it still makes up a proportionally tiny amount of their wealth. You only get to be young once and it is nice that Michael Jordan gave his son some chances to let loose and really have a wild time, people need to learn the limits or he might have gone even crazier if he got access to it later in life. To me though, it seems that Michael has a serious gambling problem if he is losing that much in one session, but we don't really know how much he scraped back out of it.

I would feel more worried about these people influence over the youth rather than them, they have plenty of money and if the wanted to they could pay for therapy or exclude themselves off all casinos in Las Vegas.

The real harm comes with impressionable children and teens lurking on Tweeter and other social media seeing these people gambling copious amounts of money and they may feel tempted to gamble themselves at least once, out of curiosity or in order to get money or clout.

Yes, it is sad the situation of this person and specially his child, but they are far from having real problems yet, unlike some people they could be unwillingly introducing to gambling before the age. That is the only message they are giving to the world: "I can gamble, drive and pay women while under legal age and get away with it", a bad one.

Exactly a lot of rich kids misuse the money they don't work for and their don't know what it is to work for money so their don't know the value, as you have rightly said they need to thought a bitter lessons about life and his to value things. And even the parent are not spared in this miss behavior of their kids because they allow their kids to have access to lots of money without teaching them the value of money so the kids tend to lavish the money.

For those people who do have the money then most likely their children would really be ending up on high chances on going into that path when it comes to spending but of course it would really be depending
on what they do see into their parents.If its involved on gambling then likely your children would really be gambling too and since you are that financially capable or simply billionaire then its impossible
that your children wont really be having money which means they could spend up on what you had given into them.If you dont like for them to get involved with gambling or going too all out
with alcohol and girls then good parenting would be the key.Somehow there are certain conditions that even how well you do make your children aware of these right path
but there are ones who do really goes opposite.

Interesting take on this- I guess that the son of MJ was influenced by the lifestyle of his dad. We all know that MJ is a notoriously big spender in gambling- there is even a rumor that the reason on why his father was killed involved gambling. It is like, it is innate in the nature of MJ that he is very competitive in all aspects of his life, not just in basketball.

Our sons see their father as their role models. There was an article that I read that our children mimic the actions of their parents while growing up. Maybe this influenced Marcus in his gambling spree. Though they are rich, this kind of practice must be corrected and stopped as this can be definitely his downfall in the future.

The problem is who will guide these kids if his parent was into this industry?
There should be other family members that he can look up to or at least has the concern to their actions.
But it all sums up, it is how the parents instill the discipline to their kids.
They will also learn their lessons at their own time.. They will also mature in time.

Your kids knowing that you are a gambler does not have much effect on them. Theirs nothing wrong for you to be polite and sincere to your family, i want to use illustration to differentiate these, a father of kids who is a smoker and the children have known that their father is a smoker, that doesn't mean that all it's children will be a smoker, because theirs is every tendency that they might not involve in smoking even though their father is alive or liveth. A gambler does not need to hide it's pleasure to it's kid's so that they won't go behind to pertake in gambling. The best is to educate them the implications of gambling.

It is definitely not advisable to allow our children to live such a lifestyle like gambling and night clubbing, especially when they are still under aged. This is because they are still developing and are not yet fully mature to be able to handle such responsibility. They may not be able to control themselves and end up spending too much money or getting into debt. Additionally, gambling and drinking alcohol can be addictive and lead to other problems such as financial difficulties, relationship issues, and health problems.  This is especially true for someone who is young and does not have a lot of experience with money.
It is important to teach our children about responsible spending and gambling from a young age so that they can make better decisions when they are older.

This kid is going to live a messy life and will amount to nothing.

No pun intended but parent-to-parent talk between us, is this even a question?

Kids are full of curiosity while they are growing. Of course, we don't want them to be involved in that activity at an early age but honestly, there's no 100% way to prevent them from encountering those activities as it's not all the time we can watch them. Aside from that, prohibiting them will just lead them to aggressively find their way to do gambling or night stuff, etc.

Give them a sort of friendly talk related to gambling, while at breakfast, lunch, dinner, etc. It's not that the majority of the kids will be interested easily in gambling. I have known some rich friends of mine way back during our minor age that even though they have lots of money, don't really have an interest doing gambling even until now.

When you do have lots of money then you can have everything and you could really make things arranged according on what to your likings even there are some rule and laws in regarding
alcohol which if you are a son of a billionaire or someone who is popular then there would be something that certain exemptions or vip treatment or so, which is something not that surprising
if we do speak out about reality.

Just let them be on their business, its their money, their rules.Its impossible that someone arent aware on regarding on the actions that they had made.
Its their choice, so better not to stress yourself out.

If you're a concern parent, you would not allow your kids to do such thing (particularly gambling). However, it depends how you educate your kids because it's fine to let them do things that they can enjoy but there should be a limitation. If my kid is still underage then these things are not possible (clubbing and gambling) but I will make sure to make him/her understand the reason on why it's not allowed and that is through good communication and our close relationship.

Anyway, it's different for rich people. Marcus Jordan is from a well-off family and money is not a problem. It seems he's spoiled kid who can do what he want and didnt mind regardless of how much money he is spend for leisure since they're rich.

Michael Jordan net worth was around 550 millions of USD in 2010. (https://bleacherreport.com/articles/747567-nba-michael-jordan-doesnt-seem-cut-out-to-run-an-nba-franchise#:~:text=Jordan%20may%20have%20seemed%20like,as%20richest%20NBA%20owners%20goes.)

It may seem like a lot of money to us, but it is a question of ratios. Him spending $5 million in one night at the casino is like someone who has a net worth of $100,000 spending $1,000 in one night at the casino. It's not something you can do every night because it would lead to ruin, but once in a while you can afford it.


It is a problem common to many children of wealthy people who find themselves with a great deal of wealth that they have not had to work hard to earn. They do not appreciate the value of money and many often end up badly off if they are not strictly educated about it.

It seems the son wants to beat his father's record as a basketball player and in spending his earnings on vices, Michael knows there are a lot of problems when you are a compulsive gambler, he's been there so he should make sure that his son will not follow his addiction, he'll have a problem if his son become one just like what he did to his father, I'm sure there's a father and son talk about Marcus activity, he should be a good example to the youth this era is very different from Michael Jordan because of social media's people can easily expose you, compared to the times of Michael that many people do not know about his gambling addiction

even if I or you are a rich man. definitely won't let that happen to your family, especially your child.
it is not a joke that can be done by teenagers who are just starting to grow up.
Even though we are adults, sometimes we have no control over what we do at gambling tables and nightclubs.
however, the child will see and imitate what his father did. whether right or wrong, parental control is certainly important. we must provide boundaries that children should not cross.

For a long time we have known that whatever vices the parents may have tendency to be replicated by the next generation, so while in theory Michael Jordan can do whatever he wants as he is an adult and he is awfully rich he ran the risk of those flaws manifesting on his kids.

And for what we can see this is exactly what happened, and the worst part is that it is going to be very difficult to try to correct this behavior, because if he tried to do so then his kid can always point out to the fact he is an hypocrite, as his father would want him to stop doing something which he was not willing to stop doing himself.

I'm sure many agree and say that parents don't want to see their children gambling and do night clubs because it's not something that is considered good by many people, but what parents do will surely be imitated by their children that's why parents shouldn't do that and even though there are parents who are able to hide such activities but surely one day it will be open and known by other children and relatives.

as parent ? Yeah I don't want my children to learn or visit gambling sites and also strip clubs but this will only take effect until they reach a certain age and capacity in life because this is part of every peoples experience .
what I only wanted to contribute is to give them advises and become their example on what this can bring them if they don't pay attention to the danger of entering those vices , and with those maybe in time they will use those advises in saving their life.

I'm actually quite fine with it, as long as they're of age and can properly take responsibility for their actions. I'm more inclined to let them have their freedom as long as they can take responsibilities properly, so on top of said freedom I can give them some responsibilities they need to handle. Carrot and stick approach so to speak. Problem in this scenario is that they're too rich that no amount of "responsibility lessons" could do it since well, money speaks for itself.

parents  has their own way of bringing their children to maturity , some of us are very strict or old fashion , but there are parents that is practical and advance in which letting their child learn in early age and maybe this is how Micheal wanted to.
specially when alcohol takes effect because this can lead us to decide wrongly .
and we must let them see only those good things and never the bad side of each areas .

With so much richness, it's hard to see thier kids not spending what they have. If they saw thier father spend more than $50k a night, it's not going to be a problem for them. The less fortunate as trying to earn more money and the most privileged trying to spend more money. Marcus is lucky to have a father who can provide everything.

only irresponsible parents would allow their kids to live such a lifestyle. that being said, I am not sure if Micheal Jordan allows/condones what his son did. reading the article it seems that Marcus Jordan had talked with his parents regarding the incident.

anyway, it's good that the casino he gambles in was being investigated. I wonder if the casino got fined for this incident.

The thing is.... people with money get bored of the every day things that we might think that are awesome. They do the most incredible things, like going on holiday 7 times a year and they travel the world and eat in the most expensive restaurants.

A lot of them are looking for something that will give them a rush of adrenaline and pleasure and they might find that in Sex or Drugs or even gambling. The adults do this and the children grow up and they do that too... so the parents are setting a bad example and some of them just flood the child with money..so that the adults can have a great time, without having to spend time with their kids.  ::)

Rich kids.  ;D It always going to be this way when they find out its okay since they can afford it.

Mike Jordan for the most part seem did not grow up rich and can spend millions during his teen life. Marcus is also a basketball player. I guess he just have to be successful with that too. Marcus is probably is not influenced by him in terms of his gambling. I'd give that to Mike at least but it was later on that Mike dive into gambling that his son learned it. 

Have a friend that been brought by Her parents to learn gambling in younger age , and once also being introduce to casino as much as he entered 18(as it was the allowed age in casino here in my country .
but this is His biggest regret as a person because at younger age also that he become an addicted gambler.
now lucky that he had changed and not turning into gambling anymore.
i am telling this because I used her as an example to my Son to not falling into gambling again.

If our kids are already studying at a university than I don't think we can forbid anything to them anymore. As long as they are minors gambling should never be an option, but once they leave the house and become young adults things change. Under aged children are not allowed in casinos and this could lead to legal consequences. If a kid has access to 50,000 USD as minor there are definitely things wrong. Another issue is if the father is doing gambling himself and spends a lot of money in the casino. Would you ever listen to your father if he tries to forbid you something he is doing himself? I personally wouldn't listen to my dad. As for Michael Jordan he has so much money that gambling away 5m USD won't hurt him. The bigger problem is the publicity of it when he brags online about it and seem to not care about it. His fans might become angry and it will hurt his sales.

Like father like son. That's it. I'm not saying Marcus learned his vice from his father, Michael, but if this is what he's doing, how could Michael lecture him about it? Michael is also doing it himself, if not in a highly different level, so could he tell his son to stop doing it because it is bad?

Anyway, it's their money. They have the freedom to spend it any way they want for as long as nobody is harmed in the process, although Marcus should have been penalized for violating laws. And, of course, we all know those large sums could have been spent in a much more meaningful or better way. But I'm respecting their choices of course.

You understood thr correct thing from the above story, but I just understood completely different thing from the story. What I understood is that some people have grown above calculating how they will spend their money so that it will be enough. Some persons have much money that they no longer care how their children uses it because the money can't finish and probably their children or themselves will not enter into any problem that money cannot solve. Most times the law is for the poor.

In our days now that teens and children are getting mature too early that their ages? meaning they wanted to explore the world younger than what we have back then?  yeah I maybe interested in letting my kids do what is also posted here in thread but of course let them to understand limitation and never to spend so much that they cannot afford.
lets be real that youngsters now are far different from what we are in the past.

yes indeed Marcus is a lucky child to have a rich father and maybe his father's wealth will never run out and a father will be sad if the money given to his son is not spent. but at least Jordan as a father should not allow his son to gamble even though he is rich but he needs to educate his son to spend his money on more useful activities like investing or anything that can help others.
if from a young age it has been shown about gambling, maybe the child (Marcus) will continue to spend his money on gambling and at night clubs. so that the child will always be spoiled when he runs out of money he will always ask his father without being able to find his own money.
for me, allowing a child to play gambling is not very good, even though no matter how rich it is better to be taught about investment, not gambling.

and with a parent like this famous and billionaire ? indeed this will happen mostly  ;D
Not sure what you mean by that but Micheal Jordan had been into gambling for long now and impossible that His son have just learn about that .

and also , I believe that he was influenced by His father because of Micheal's almost addiction to gambling.

If the parents don't show their habit of gambling, I don't think their children will imitate what their parents do either.
But in the case of Michael Jordan, it seems because he is a celebrity where the media will expose everything he does.
It's what his son finally saw and thought that what his father was doing was okay for his son.
But whatever it is, both of them are very lucky because they have a lot of money but let's imagine if they don't have much money, what will happen?

It is our obligation to help our children have a better and safer life , and we must be the best example for them not to go in wrong direction .

Wondering How some of us feel if we are not into gambling but we will find our children is starting to gamble?

for me about this Jordan family ? the son only learn gambling from his father and someone that he is looking up to.

It’s very interesting concept,when the entire family had their investments in gambling.In my family,My wife and Son doing gambling using my gambling statics.By this we all earn some money at the end.It’s essential one to get some good money from the gambling using our family resources.Human capital should be used wisely to earn some money in every family.But I allow my son to inverse 30% of the money,which I had invested.

Just a lifetime opportunity that Michael Jordanb had from his NBA career ended him up with wasting all his acquired fortunes into gambling but not only that, he failed to have time for his family and let that same character of gambling got transferred to his son which is obviously a bad thing to allow children underaged have access to huge amount of money not to talk of using it to gamble, parents sometimes have over pampered their children that it has contributed to their irresponsibilities in the society and old age is going to tell over them both, parent should apply moderacy to the exposure they give to their children.

Can't imagine, can only lament the fate of accepting reality.
For this reason it is not advisable to show gambling habits to children, because there will be more tragic things that can lead to them in criminal cases if the parents do not have the money to pay the arrears of their children.
Gambling habits favored by parents should be kept secret from their children, they should not follow the habits of their parents when they were teenagers, because it would make the children's future even more bleak.

It's hard to comment negatively on Michael Jordan spending $5 million of bets in a single night. Aside from being a billionaire, he is also a successful businessman. We can take it in a positive or a negative way, it doesn't erase the fact that he is successful in managing his assets.

His son though is another story. According to the laws of Nevada, it was wrong, so that's it. I guess they just settled it with the authorities privately. But I guess all of us here tasted alcohol and gambled even before reaching 19 years old? But making it public, especially for a son of a celebrity is a big NO. That kid was just feeling arrogant, as if it was his own hard-earned money being spent.

Kids are more prone to huge risk because they are one who can easily get fooled by uncertain things they see on internet that's why exposing them on gambling activities at early stage is dangerous to them because they might do the things we can't imagine like stealing someones money or do other un wanted favors just earn money. So its better to hide our activities as long as we can but if we cannot do it as they discover this by their selves then proper guidance is needed so that they will not step on wrong expectations about this things.

People be thinking that slots machines are the new get rich quick scheme (without realizing that part - only thinking in terms of thousands of dollars).

The smart person knows that gambling brings at most transient wealth only - to build generational wealth requires investing or a career.

The thing is when you've already explain and describing a complete guidance for your son in order to not gamble or just gamble with an amount he can afford to lose, but kids is still a kids, they will broke your rules and try to gamble until he can get jackpot. This is why you must hide your gambling activities and make sure no one discover it, you must hide it at all cost.

Maybe you haven't had any kids yet, that's why you don't know if kids mostly did against your advice.

And if by chance they won and become rich through gambling, I don't think that can sustain it for years as obviously they will try to go back to it and see if they can won again, but then realized that they shouldn't push their luck because it's not going to happen again.


Yes, investing is the best way to build wealth that can maintain and appreciate it year by year. Not by trying to get rich by that one long shot in gambling. It's better to try your 'luck' in investing rather than putting your future in gambling, just saying. I'm not saying that we shouldn't gamble because I myself do play from time to time. But I gamble to have some fun and have a budget.

Of course not. This is very wrong and what makes it look more wrong is that they are a celebrity. No wonder why the tweet got taken down because this is a shameful act but good thing that twitter still cares about the reputation of mj. Maybe the founder is a big fan?

Anyways, the news had still being circulated around the web so they can't escape it but I think this single mistake won't erase the fact that mj is still a superstar and had a big contribution in the basketball field. He gives so much inspiration and changed so many lives but not this issue where they involved at (obviously). I wonder if mj encourages his son or his son discovers his dad's habit but his dad is too kind to let him experience it.

Yup the kid is spoiled because why would his father allow such act when he himself know that it's inappropriate? I think this is common in rich countries like the U.S but in Asian part countries, parents disciplines their children well. There are so many things which can provide entertainment and at the same time appropriate for underage people.

Video games for example. It won't really be a big deal if the kid only plays gambling at a formal casino or on their homes but it is said that they play gambling in a club where there are wild girls and there are alcoholic drinks. I wouldn't be surprised if they also took some drugs during their sessions. Tsk, tsk.

Many people prefer gambling over investing since it's a lot easier to get rich quickly through gambling when compared to investing despite the odds being stacked against them. Such people lack patience needed for investing in the long-term.

I doubt he would have encouraged his son to go out and blow 50K in a single night since he knows how tough it is to actually earn money.

I am definitely grounding my son/daughter if they even speak about the gambling before the right age and before they start earning on their own. The way we earn money is not simple. It literally flashes me all the life right in front of my eyes, the school, degree, post grad, the fees and food and everything man. Those 5ml is like 5-10 years+ combined salary without spending a dime on anything. So basically it would take another decade to combine it if we kept the life running with only basic needs. I can't let anyone in the family allow this kind of shit if they are not responsible. I am myself gamblingmoney all the time on sites like roobet, duelbits, stake, freebitcoin etc however my hands are off the keyboard if I am seeing slightest chances of loosing my temper. Definitely gonna be strictest parent for such habits.

You mean even before he become famous and billionaire he was already gambling millions?  I doubt that I grow up watching Bulls, Phoenix Suns etc we didn't hear a news about him getting involve in gambling. He must have started when he already have money and can afford to waste it.

His son managed to become a basketball player as well in college. That must have also been thru Mikey's influence. He is a good father still. Don't take that away from at least a merit for it. Like I said, Rich Kids do it because they can afford.

I do not think we should let children live a life like this because to me, and to a lot of people, this would constitute mental abuse of children. Their brains are not developed yet and they need adults who teach them good from bad, right from wrong. The last thing they need is to grow up around gambling and night clubbing. They will act differently than the other children and might become outcasts which will have very damaging effects on their adult years.

Kids need to have  a childhood. And to be around kids their age. Thats really important. If the gambling/night-clubbing parents are social outcasts, this can reflect very negatively on the child's development as well.

I wouldn't. Well, that's a different case since Marcus is from a well known and rich family so he has all the means to do that.
But for someone like me, we don't have the privilege to spend like that even on a simple party. It really all depends on how you taught your children on things like this and that guy, Marcus was already on the age that teens would likely be unstoppable with what they wanna do and that's to have fun.

Different levels of people have got different lifestyle. This means when the father is rich, the son will enjoy the luxury and doesn't care about money. Maybe around 25% exception among the rich list. The same with a common man will happen according to his financial capability. This can be few hundred dollars to the maximum. Here the son won't follow the footprints of his dad, because he is on the verge to reach next level of his life. Parenting is a must, but it won't give expected results all the time.

I couldn't read the article because the OP links don't work, so I don't know this story took place in what year and day, it's also important that we know the date the father spent this money and the date the son spent it this money, we also need to know if the father was a regular player or if it was only on that day that he spent that high amount, then we need to know if the son was a regular player or if he just played that day and with that high amount, too we need to know if the son was playing with his father's money or he was earning his own money, because there are certain times when the person is someone who has money (rich) sometimes it takes a lot of money to play, so in this scenario I think there is not problem, because if the person works or has a business and can take a lot of money and play sometimes because even if he loses he won't need it then there's no problem. it becomes a problem when the son is playing with money given by the father and still plays with a lot of money and regularly, but this happens a lot with children of rich people that their parents have not been able to educate them well

Yes and that lifestyle would be entirely depending on how much money your family has or simply the status and if you are simply a millionaire or billionaire even your parents are then it would be understandable that

as their children then it would really be just normal that you would really be living a life which is really more than into those people who do earn on those basic salary or basic earners.

You could do some things which other cant and thats the power of money and influence.You could really make yourself exempt on various situations.

At the end of the day, parents are hugely responsible for what their kids have become since they should be the ones checking on them while they are growing up. In the case of what OP shared, I guess the parent should be at fault since they should have guided their son to not let those things happen. They are still legally responsible for their son too, so I think Jordan should take the responsibility for his son's actions, especially the underage drinking part. Michael's lifestyle reflects what his son did, and there is obviously something wrong with that. Just because you're rich doesn't mean you can do everything and anything especially if it breaches some laws, but oh well.

It will be preferable to not allow them to be engaged on these kind of activities, specially if they are underaged. However, if we can't possibly take them away fully to these things like gambling, probably we should make them to be open minded with these topics/activities. Explain the risk and what are the bad effects of doing these things so. If they are on proper age and thinking, I would not force them for gambling. I think what parents can do is to make them disciplined enough to choose what should they do and what not they should not.

This is true, just for example which we do have a neighboor which is a millionaire but turns out that their kids are truly that low-key or down to earth kind of behavior which they do really make some normal interaction and treatment into us neighboors without minding that much about financial status in life.This is where you could really say that they had been raised by their parents well without having any problems
in regards on being too materialistic and just want to emphasis much on living a normal life or those typical living where they arent seeing or making themselves to be top of others.
Very well trained and good guidance by its parents which is commendable.

Every family may have its own rules and upbringing and education of their children, and this is of course different. Likewise, with the case, this will mean different when our point of view is not the same as Jordan's.

But if it's from me personally for my children in the future, as much as possible, I will not introduce gambling activities, in any form. Therefore, it is my responsibility as a parent to direct it in a good direction.
However, when our children are considered adults and are able to generate their own income and are able to make their own decisions, then I cannot restrain them. No matter how hard we forbid or hide it, then they may know and learn from other people or learn by themselves because even more so there is so much online gambling.

Therefore, as a parent, I can only provide understanding and understanding to them about the risks of gambling. And entrust to them what they should do wisely and responsibly with whatever their decision (if they try to gamble). But on the other hand, we must also continue to monitor, if they are too addicted to gambling, we as parents must also help direct and awaken them.
But I personally once again do not want to take them to gambling.

Parenting is a method to make sure our child will not try to repeat what already happened with us. I meant about when you are seeing it the fact that if these days son will always follow what already done by their parents. I think that his son was repeating him caused by his seen saw what was happening with his daddy. Michael jordan is a rich guy but it doesn't mean if his dad was a billionaire and his son can do the same like him.
As a son from billionaire and he was wasting his money. That's not the same like son of another billionaire like billgates. I guess in this case media was also giving lots of contribution to form characteristics of his child.

but the child mentioned in this thread is not just having a billionaire parents but also earning His own bucks so he can gamble all his own money aside from his allowances .
it is ok to live a normal life but to gamble in that extend ? that is for me a over spending .
But if he is playing underage then he is not exempted from the law I believe .

Because children are very susceptible to following what their parents often do, they can think that it is exciting and fun if they see us when we gamble.
They can carry the habit with them until they are adults and when they are grown up, it can have bad consequences.
But it would be better if the parents could stop gambling once they have children who grow up and teach them kindness.
This will also allow them to mature well and not try to gamble unless many people play gambling in their environment.
Whatever it is, parents must always take good care of their children.

Well I know that every parent is free to raise their children as they want, I don't know what Michael's son does, but what he is doing is not good, it is something bad, the money he is spending I imagine belongs to his father , but even so I consider that he can spend what he wants and embarrass himself as long as the money is his own and that he has earned it to decide how to spend it, that is something very delicate, I think that he as a father should make it very clear things and not throw so much money at them with such irresponsibility, I think that the children of celebrities do not manage to give them a good life, they believe that if they give them everything, I know that wealth is to be shared with the family, especially the children, but neither like that.

Money is something needs to be spend but of course it should really be on the right way but since its their money and they do have the full rights on what they would gonna do then its none of our business.
Parents do raise up their children on different way.Some might be that too strict and some might be that too loose.Come to think that even we do monitor out our children then there's no way
that we could really see on what are the things that they've been doing.
If Michael is involved in gambling then most likely it would be ending up for those activities to be mimic out or to be followed by their children.You cant blame
them, they would definitely be doing up things basing up on what they do saw into their parents.

Nothing will good when it is going out to its limits. No matter how big you are, if you leave children out of control from a young age, then in the future they will not only become a threat to his life, but it will affect the entire family.  We constantly hear in the news that the children of rich people are getting addicted to various bad sides. Many times we have heard the rule of parents being killed by addicted children.  So I think children should take care of these aspects from childhood.

Ofcourse, One example is spoiled brats where they are getting spoiled starting when they are a kind until they fully developed their brains. They are problematic and parents of those spoiled brats are for sure regretting what they did. This is the same way on teens, Where the things will get dangerous since they have the capacity of doing really bad things and the power of money they have. A teen that is addicted on gambling is for sure bad knowing that the control that the teen has is pretty much lower than the adult one. Parent are still in blame, Though they will be the one who will mostly suffer from their neglected responsibilities.

Considering they were a rich family, maybe it didn't bother them too much (about their finances). Regarding the children, it is certain that rules and regulations are important things to be told to all children, so that they understand all the consequences, both from a legal and ethical perspective. so when they do, they already know what will happen to them.

That is why examples from parents are important in childrens' lives, because a parent is a mirror for his/her children. All the actions and behaviors a kid observes from his parents at home daily he is going to reproduce later when he grows up, especially if it's an example of success. In this situation, the son saw the father wasting money irresponsibly and without limits for many years, what didn't impact them financially negatively anyway, because they are wealthy. So, when he grew up, he did the same. But if this young had received an example of responsability and austerity from his father, he wouldn't waste 50,000$ like that in a single night of racket.

It really on the parents and how they behave and how they treat the luxury that they have, Marcus like his father does not have high regard or give importance to money, they always think that they can earn that money anytime and celebrities like them are easy to get hooked to huge spending, Marcus have his father athleticism and competitiveness but he is trying to also imitate how he spends his money, people should learn on Bill Gates who always remember who is and where he comes from and always remembers his struggle so he values money and he uses it to help underprivileged.

Exactly I don't really blame the child for blowing such an exorbitant amount in one night were his father lavished much more than that on gambling and drinking so the boy will follow in the father's footsteps, I don't know why some rich dads don't care about what they do before their kids and there by setting a bad example to the kids, knowing fully well that there are they children first role model and kids tend to follow the parent's footsteps.

I agree that sometimes media affects the behavior of every young people, and with this case since MJ is very popular the news before about him was very disturbing. Well, parents also to blame here for being too careless when they are around with their Children, if they gamble with their Children most probably they are influencing the young mind to be the same and this is what happened here. If we really want a better life for our children, let’s guide them until they can make their own decision.

What do you expect from a son when his father is such a role model.

On one hand you should keep your children out of trouble, but it gets hard when you cannot keep yourself out of it and the child sees it. Like when the father parties every weekend it's hard to expect the son to be a quiet kid who doesn't want to do the same. It's a well known fact that when children are beaten by their parents they often beat their children later in life.
If you don't want your kids to be gamblers at least don't show them how you gamble. Keep them away from this life.

If children tend to follow in the footsteps of their parents, it's natural but because the father is a gambler but I don't agree with involving children in gambling, maybe he is deliberately allowed to gamble to regenerate his father in the future. But whatever, I do not support the decision to involve children in gambling.

Well I know that every parent is free to raise their children as they want, I don't know what Michael's son does, but what he is doing is not good, it is something bad, the money he is spending I imagine belongs to his father , but even so I consider that he can spend what he wants and embarrass himself as long as the money is his own and that he has earned it to decide how to spend it, that is something very delicate, I think that he as a father should make it very clear things and not throw so much money at them with such irresponsibility, I think that the children of celebrities do not manage to give them a good life, they believe that if they give them everything, I know that wealth is to be shared with the family, especially the children, but neither like that.

^Or, they are just a rich family that they can afford whatever they want. Sometimes we always say here that gamble on what you can afford to lose, what if that amount the gamble is the amount that they can afford? Probably a billion dollars is the amount they can afford to gamble and lose in one day, so that is fine with them since we know Michael Jordan was a rich guy. About his son, probably that was a small amount for them. Now my concern is that this is not good to know that your kid gamble under age and spoiled them to spend money on their own, kids nowadays should know how to value money.

I think people from the United States lives more liberally than the conservative countries.  What looks like a taboo to us may not be the case in the other country and is a natural thing to them.  Saying anything against the other when we have different cultures is a biased thing IMO. But what I got from the story is that the son of Michael Jordan, Marcus Jordan is very lucky to have a father that enables to support him with lots of money.  There is no doubt that there is a violation there but we know Money can make anyone who loves it turns blind.  


The thing is the father spends his own money while the son spends his father's money. ;D So basically you cannot make that as an argument because it is Michael Jordan's right to spend his money anywhere he wanted while the child doesn't have any right to spend his father's money.  But on the other note, I do agree with you, the father couldn't say anything because the son can just retaliate that he is only doing what he see's in his father.

The parent is alwasy been a role model for children.  So anything the son saw on his father he tends to follow it because the son think that it is ok since his father does the same.  So as a parent, we should be responsible to our action and do things that can give our kids a sample of being responsible and obedient to the law.

I'm sure they did it because they really have a lot of wealth. And the possible amount they have for gambling is the amount they can afford.
However, if they experience gambling addiction without being able to overcome it or manage it, won't this be dangerous? No matter how rich we are, if we continue to gamble without good management and analysis, this will make them lose and lose and lose a lot of money, right?
Therefore, whoever it is, whether rich or poor, when deciding to gamble, you should equip yourself and control yourself with very good financial and emotional management. ANd in this case, the role of parents is very important to lead their children to do whatever wisely.

When children grow in a wealthy family some of the age restrictions are removed, even the way they grow will show they are not kids. Their parents allocates spendable money for them and they won't account for how they spent it. If someone is given money and given liberty to spend it, you will therefore not control how the person spends it. Also the money is there and looking for who will lavish it.
Tell me an underage who smashed 50k dollar per night, do you think he's looking for money? Maybe it's for fun and wait for another weekend to lavish another fund.

I doubt any parent would want their children to live in that kind of lifestyle and I have to agree with the others as i'd also point the blame on the parents because maybe Marcus was exposed to that type of lifestyle at an early age and was neglected by his parents.

I've never heard about that rule but I remember reading an article about children being affected by their parents' gambling activity. It's possible for one to take care of their own problems but it's not easy for everyone though so it's still best to have some help from your parents at an early age.

If you have a lot of money and just want to make a chill and get entertained gambling casino is one of the best and effective way we know MJ is already rich and he can do all the things he want with his money and still there's an obligation by the parents to guide their children if they want to get into.the gambling at the same time.



In some parenting they do give allowance to their children and by that they are the one who will make a decision what they will do to their money and we have different culture and living so there's a chance they will support and just guide or just let their chold make a decision to themselves.

I think it will depend on how parents can help manage expenses for their children so they can also know how to use their money properly and correctly. And if a child is already using a large amount of money and can't control it, he can spend a large amount in a month. Moreover, if he could use the money to gamble, we can't imagine how much he would use to get his pleasure. The other kids would probably be jealous that the rich kid could use his money to gamble when they couldn't.

What you said is correct and you have a point about that. I think Michael Jordan's son is a spoiled brat, and the father may not even know what

his son is doing, it may also be one of the influences of the friends his son has. But anyway, of course, Michael Jordan's son has his

understanding to know what is right or wrong no matter what he does, such as playing gambling like this and also seducing women.

Exactly. And Micheal Jordan is not an addicted gambler. Losing $5 million in one night happened only once in his lifetime. Neither his son, Marcus Jordan, currently has any problems with gambling. That spending $50,000 at nightclubs in Las Vegas happened 12 years ago, and nothing like that has happened since.

That's basically spoiling your own kid. Even if he is a billionaire, he should still make his kid understand the value of money.
He would have worked hard to accumulate that kind of wealth. In this case he should make his kid know how to earn money first.
By allowing him to spend so much money on gambling and drinking he is just spoiling the kid's life to be honest.
If all the money is vanished then it will be really hard for his son to leave the lavish lifestyle and earn money.
We never know what happens tomorrow.

Most of the parents didn’t allowed there kids to go there. The problem was the curiosity of the children to explore things that they are prohibited especially that most of the children has there own mobile phone and they can search or browse this kind of stuff randomly on the internet.

I think lecturing them in advance for possible danger is much better rather than wait for them to become exposed by there own curiosity because parents can’t guide anymore children if they are doing this things secretly.

Frankly I will not allow my children to have such a lifestyle even if I'm a billionaire especially if I become a billionaire through hard work.
Although I'm a gambler but I will teach my children to stay away from it until he knows everything related to gambling (the possible effects).
Once my children are mature enough both mindset and age, I'll let him choose his own passion and lifestyle but of course if I'll warn them if I see that they do something too much.

Parents unable to control their children spending is the root of gambling addiction. Whatever a child does and not monitored by the parents has the tendency to turn into addiction. In the other hand, addiction is bad for someone who doesn't have, but for the people in the above topic that has enough, there may not be problems with addiction.
The main disadvantage as you pointed out is that his extravaganza lifestyle could push his mates to jealous and they may end up doing unlawful things to meet up his standard.

There are parents that give their children lots of freedom but I am sure they don't want their children to do things that is against the law.  In this case, I think Michael Jordan has no knowledge that his son will do such things. He happen to know it after his son did it.  Of course I believe he fix things up and possibly pay for fines and penalties through money.  No father wanted their son to be detained.


There are news about kids killing their parents and vice versa because of addiction.  I think those things happen because the mind of a person is already corrupted.  Though I also agree that most of a child's trait is gotten from their parents since the first education comes from the family.  So kids mimic whatever activities their parents do so if the parents are constantly being witness by their kids gambling then that gambling traits will be passed down to the next generation.

The same feather flocks together. This means that what has been done by the father will possibly be followed by his son. If he is a gambler, then we can expect that one of the family members will do the same.
It was totally in the control of the parents but somehow, kids can't be blamed as well because that is what they see. In fact, many cases happen where your kid does gambling secretly, and it was easy for them now since there are several online casinos which is hard to monitor. If we don't want to see our son do gambling, then we also have to decide to stop gambling as well so you have an excuse not allowing him.

I think with the presence of computers and smartphones, kids these days will eventually hear about gambling no matter how we tried to evade them from it. But as for now, while their focus is still in school, I am not also letting them know that I am into gambling because that may only confused them. But maybe when the right time comes, and they become responsible adults, I will explain to them about gambling and definitely its effects to a person’s life once it will be overused or become addicted to it.

Is totally wrong for a father (Parents) not to nurture their children properly before exposing them to money, this is were most parents got it wrongly. At first you must give your child a mentality that making money is very hard and you Must spend money wisely without living a wasteful life for that i don't have to lay any blame on the child rather his parents for living a wasteful live. Believe me or not., as a child you have approximately 35 to 40 percent your father's character and 25 percent of Mothers character while the rest are inborn or a self developed characters due to bad friends or environmental factor. So whatever father does definitely his son must copy it if the father didn't hide himself in most cases, and he just displayed the true nature of the father.

So lastly, we don't have to allow our children to live a life without proper control and caring, despite how wealthy the parents may be, and should be restricted from gambling if not 18 year or more. I wonder what he would become in 10 to 20 years time to come.

Yes, that's true. The tendency to change during gambling will come suddenly because the ups and downs of emotions during playing can make us forget to control ourselves. But for the above topic, they don't have to worry about spending money because they have a lot of money and even the money will come to them. The thing to worry about is the problem of gambling addiction that can come them and this is a serious problem for them if they are too late to control it. It can also create other problems because once the addiction worsens, they will keep coming to the casino and spending more money.

Here it is about the wealthy father who have allowed his son to enjoy what he have earned. Parenting needs to show the kids what is right and what is wrong. Some feel gambling to be entertaining, because they've got money to have fun. But the same doesn't suit all levels of people. Look at the thread Woman Abandons 4-year-old Child In Gambling Shop As Collateral After Huge Losses (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5415511.msg61038379#msg61038379) which is kind of an addiction that the rich ones won't experience because money isn't a concern.

if his father is still alive and still has wealth, it is possible that such juvenile behavior will continue, even into adulthood. when working, he will only spend his money doing the same extravagant activities.

every parent has bad traits. but his parents have to cover up his bad nature. so that it does not become something that is commonplace and can be done by children.
the case described by the OP seems to be purely the parent's fault in implementing parenting. Situations like this are common in rich families. more precisely, in children who do not get much time for parents to talk to each other.

Everyone has their own mistakes to learn from, people like to try something out. I have a friend, he gambled for the first time, he lost and he never gambled again as he has been saying after the lost, that is his experience. The Money my friend used could be small to us, but not small to the poor. He is not rich like Micheal Jordan's son but the money used was small to him. That means the money Michael Jordan's used is small to him too and he learned his lessons. That is just life. That does not mean the guy won't be successful or that he is not taught well. Try check the other part of a person's life before making conclusion.

Parent controlling is most important actually with gambling and they not spent money used, I think all gambling casino have TOS not allowed children under 18 years old, easy when available with gambling site without KYC because children doesn't need to used ID card for deposit. I think here need parent controlling about their children activities, how ever our children have own passive income or not depending still category I will not allowed my children know with gambling, depend on their self later when have been adult to active on gambling or not but I notice them not try gambling is still under parent controlling.

The fact is, money is not everything and money does not control some people's behavior most especially older adults who know how to control themselves when faced with some life decision and setting a priority for life engagement. Parents should teach the children the value of things and also avoid exposing them to some kind of lifestyle that can easily affect their overall character that can bring them into the bad limelight. Even the woman that abandons the kids as collateral has failed in her value as a mother and has allowed her addiction to having the better part of her mental reasoning. But all the same, money is a tool in whatever direction one decides to use it so I wouldn't say having access to money is the real cause of the boy's behavior but the lack of training and value development in the boy is the major cause of his ill act.

His father have made millions and now enjoying the earnings, and he's following the footsteps of his father. There is nothing wrong, but everytime there needs to be a thinking of tomorrow. By chance if he didn't get his allowance what will he do. He won't be able to tackle the situation. So, he needs to find a way to have his own money than the allowance from his father to spend on gambling.

Children who do grow into a lifestyle which is on the lavish bracket will surely be not thinking about on getting poor or doesnt really mind off about those allowances or savings for the future since they do know that

their parents is earning huge or making millions which does simply make them think that its just fine or okay to spent out as much as they could which i could say that its not really that right on general sense

but since its their money then its their choice and rights on how they would really be gonna spending it.It is really just that people cant comprehend on how these fellas
spending up their money.

I have 2 children, when I see them, I have high hopes that they will grow up to be responsible for themselves and not do anything negative. I disapprove of them if they spend their youth in nightclubs or casinos plus drunkenness and women.

being a parent is difficult, we are forced to be able to shape a child into a useful figure for society and family. from the case that happened to Jordan jr at the OP, it is very clear that he is following in the footsteps that his father left behind, he spent that much money (his parents' legacy) for something fictitious.

although I gamble but as much as possible I hide it from the children with my partner's support so that they are not inspired to do that because the school period is important and builds their character. but when they pass 21 years old, I can only say things they should do and not, that's if they still listen to me, but I still hope they will listen to it (my advice forever).

I won't risk my children to delve into gambling for what I know only a few who are capable of making money in that industry because the stories or experiences from relatives and friends, most of them ended up in debt.
The biggest problem they would face is addiction and it is very hard to develop discipline and mental capacity to fight this. I wouldn't like my children getting addicted into something that can ruin their whole life with a low possibility of being successful in the long-term.

This is a very common mistake, since the majority of those which are rich became that way and they were not born into those riches they do not want their children to suffer the way they did, and they overcompensate by giving to their kids everything they may want and even more than that.

But as you say this creates the impression on those kids that getting the best out of life is easy, as everything was gifted to them without having to work hard for it, so when they grow up they have nowhere near the determination and abilities of their parents and eventually squander their fortunes.

The most important thing is to also do it responsibly, actually hiding our gambling activities can only be done at a certain time later they will find out and you must have a strong reason why to gamble and if you are a responsible gambler you will have a valid reason that is acceptable well by your child and partner, and when they also gamble they understand that they have to gamble responsibly.

Just like the father spent $5million a night gambling and a 19yrs old son $50k another night still on gambling, this makes us to understand that kids are always a reflection of how there parents behave at home, because these are actually huge amount of money to be gamble all away with in just a single night, because $5million into Nigerian currency right now will give you #3.5billion naira, which is equally the sum total monthly salary of over 100,000 civil servants or the total money needed to open/build a new Academic University of learning that just went into gambling in just a single night just like that. So in summary, as parents we just have to be careful about what we do because our kids watches us both by our actions and by what we say.

I don't think any parent wants to see their children get into gambling, spend a lot of money, or become addicted.
Even if the children play gambling for fun, the parents don't want to see it because it can damage the mentality.
Addiction is a problem that their children can have; when it happens to their children, they will find it difficult to cure.
That's why as parents, we must always supervise our children from the wrong association with their friends to grow up well.

If the father of a family is gambling then no doubt the child will also learn gambling because children always follow others especially father, mother, friends and others who are there. If the father cannot control his child from childhood, he will never be obedient to his father when he grows up. Where a father talks about his gambling openly, it is only natural that his child will move faster than he does today or tomorrow. So I think it is necessary to utilize this period for his minor. It is the father's responsibility to make him an honest person especially from his moral point of view. When he becomes an adult he will have the ability to understand good and evil.

But in op's example that is not the case. The father (Michael Jordan) failed to discipline his son and let him gamble and spent huge money in gambling. Yes they're well off people and can do what they want. The father also gamble but he's already matured to know what's right or wrong, thus his child's action just shows what kind of father he is. Parents are supposed to be the ones to teach and guide their children because it's our responsibility. It's really true that our style of parenting affects our kid's behavior.

Educating our children who are at their right age about gambling and finances, in general, is really essential. Personally speaking, I would love to bring awareness to my child about the pros and cons of gambling. I have this perception that it's better to teach them those things that might harm them inside our home instead of them finding about it on their own or from their peers or in internet out of curiosity and exploration. Once your son/daughter have the mental capacity to grasp the knowledge and concept about something, it's good to introduce it to them even little by little.

Giving your kids a simple analogy and explanation about what gambling might do to their lives might change the way how they will view and use it the moment they are on the right age to decide on their own. Imparting them the benefits of gambling once done right as well as the repercussions that come along with it if they do it excessively and beyond their limitations will help shape their principles and beliefs. If the foundation of knowledge about doing something is instilled right in their minds, surely, they won't be lost.

I believe right parenting by guiding your child in decision making and instilling the values in them will help them grow maturely. Although it's proven that peer influence and societal standards also play a role. But the two aforementioned external factor won't really impact them much if they have a strong core value founded in them.

Very well written, I fully agree with you. As a parent it's much better to raise our children to make their own decision instead of us making the decisions for them. As a minor gambling is illegal and parents need to enforce that law. But instead of only banning gambling and telling them it's not allowed, it's better to try and make them understand why it's not good for them. Especially when we are gambling ourselves, we need to try and teach them why they are not ready yet to take risks oh gambling. Teaching our children the tools to evaluate risks and understand the risks before taking them are viable lessons that will help later in life. In good thing is to make out children work during summer holidays, this will teach them how hard it is to earn money. And if they really want to gamble they should do it with their own money, this needs to be supervised of course. When our kids are 16-17 we could try gambling together to give them a feeling for it. So far all the kids in my family are still very young abf don't ask question yet. Once they become older we need to deal with that issue.

Not quite new because if the children see their parents activity most of the time they think it is right so it is good the guidance will comes first in the house so by that they are aware about the things they are doing in the family, also it is not good and appropriate to show the gambling addiction to the children because at the very young age they will think it is right so guidance with their parents is a must to make sure they didn't go in the wrong path of decision making.

Gambling is something that is not important to teach to our kids. Sure it has some benefits like you can earn money in it but it's not guaranteed. Better if we teach our kids something which can they use to earn a stable income to secure their future.

Aside from the potential profit, gambling can also provide entertainment so it's not wrong if a person can get involved with it mainly for this purpose but they still must have a limitation since anything that is too much is still not good. You can teach your kids in gambling once they hit their right age. If we have discipline in other things then why not in gambling? It only becomes hard once we are already addicted to it so the goal is to prevent that from happening.

Perhaps Michael Jordan had a nervous period in those days. You judge him and you don't know how he felt when he lost 5 million. Gambling can be a remedy for negative thoughts. Gambling is created to entertain people, that's what most people think. I think Michael Jordan lost a lot of money to get away from the negativity. But he chose a very bad way.

Dont know on why someone would be saying or telling that gambling could have benefits? Yes, it could bring up some entertainment and leisure but of course it would really be costing you some money.

Its not bad to make yourself engage with gambling as long you do have that control and not on spending like there's no tomorrow.For some people specially who do have lots of money will eventually be forgetting

this stuff.They dont really care on how they would be spending up their money as long they do have source of income or huge savings then they wouldn't mind after all.

We don't know if the father (Michael Jordan) failed to educate his son or something else but what is clear, both are rich people who have no financial problems.
But the father should be able to educate his son well and teach him to use his money for good things and provide a good future.
We as parents should also be able to do for the good of our children so that their lives can be better than ours.
And giving or teaching responsibility to our children will be able to educate them to act good and right.

Money is not a problem with father and son, and this makes them spend big on gambling. Micheal is the richest NBA player so his spending/loss on gambling won't hurt him. When we talk of being responsible, Marcus Jordan good player amongst MJ's sons. Marcus owns the company Trophy Room and he's good in business. In my understanding, as money is not a big thing for them, they get entertained out of it and they're responsible in their way.

But it may be for third world people but it is not a big problem for people living in first world. As you think. If you don't practice responsible gambling, you can lose everything in the hope of gaining more. And such examples are not less in the world. Here the father is financially well-established but when the son is also associated with it, the risk of losing money can increase.

When you have extra money and you are not taught to spend money wisely or have not experienced how to work for every penny, you will spend on luxury items and things that can make you happy and make you feel good or express yourself to make yourself important in the eyes of the public that's what big spenders and compulsive gamblers are doing, they think themselves as a privilege one and don't take a look at the other side of the world where people are deprived and work really hard to earn a few pennies.

slowly but surely when they grow up, my gambling activities will definitely be known to them but I have prepared myself when that happens, for now, I am more focused on educating them properly and being responsible for their daily needs. children are very fast in imitating whatever their parents do, their brains are still developing actively so try to keep gambling activities hidden whatever happens.

Gambling isn't always bad when it's done with a certain limit and awareness of self-control, what's bad is being a gambling addict who is weak to their own emotional regulation, and my future children will have to become people who are fully aware and responsible over themselves.

I think it only makes them important in their own eyes, that's all. In the eyes of the public they are not heroes, well, in the eyes of the knowledgeable public, anyway. And who wants to be a hero, a role model, in the eyes of the fools? Being a big spender you can only attract crooks of all kinds, and they will be milking you till you are broke.

It's only in crappy movies big spenders have that respect of others around. In reality they look pitiful.

Explain it to your kids as soon as they can grasp it.

 The best way to teach,is living by example i.e the way you do things matters a lot in your life because your kids are always there to watch what you are doing,to them they will believe that it is right. Jordan put his son Marcus into that lavishing lifestyle because his son is imitating his father. Marcus might think it is the right thing he is doing. I will want my child not to even gamble at all so I will encourage him not the risk in gambling by using myself as a case study to him.

Sometimes parenting could really be that too loose which would really be resulting into this where their kids would really be having that kind of behavior which i dont see for it to be appealing as a parent.
When there's too much money then we know on what are the things that they could possibly deal off with and that what makes things more harder to be stopped when it is already become a habit.
As a parent then it would really be your responsibility on how you would really be able to handle and making your kids be aware on how things on this world should really work
and the most sensible and ethical ways on spending up money or treating up something in relation to that.

^This is how the way responsible parenting is.
I like the Chinese culture, and the way they teach their child, they teach them to be independent at a young age and have a mindset of being a businessman in the future. That is right, usually, our child imitates on us what they saw. It is expected that it was the same scenario with Marcus the son of Michael Jordan, from the start he spoiled it in a bad habit and tolerate it even though they know it is wrong because they thought they have a lot of money as long as their son were happy of what he did.

True,we shoudn't judge him because he wasted 5 Million Dollars in his gambling activity, Michael Jordan has the capacity to unload those 5 Million Dollars so we shouldn't judge him of negative things.  He is capable and wanted to have fun with the hard earned money he made, it is his right and we have no say on that.  Besides, Michael Jordan has not been recorded as a gambling addict so what he is doing is just having fun.

This article may tell us a story about Michael Jordan gambling journey [1]  and might also the reason why his son is also involved and spending huge money at an early age. 

Being a gambler is already in their Blood and we can see it on that article.

Though we might think differently on how we will raise our kids, and how we wanted to prevent them from engaging in gambling activities, Michael Jordan has his own way of dealing on his kid.  It is his Kids not ours so we don't have any say on how Michael Jordan should handle his family.

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[1] https://www.actionnetwork.com/nba/michael-jordan-betting-stories-the-last-dance

So many things are happening in the gambling world everyday that we might not know about which can look very disappointing or absurd to us but we gat nothing to do because that is not our money. What ever we like we can do with our funds which is why it is becoming an habit seeing gamblers using so much money to gamble all night and hire slots that will make their night.

That money is a big sum of money which is nothing to them because they have it in abundant which is the reason why we should always try our best to gamble with what we can afford to loss and not follow others in their pattern of gambling because it might become detrimental to us.

Gambling is not a good habit to transfer to our offspring. An adult might be able to control his gambling life but it might be very difficult for the younger ones to set boundaries or limits. Maybe Marcus Jordan learned gambling from his father Michael Jordan because children learn more from their parent's actions and not their words. Marcus tweeting the news is a clear indication that he was proud of his actions and feels he is doing the right thing. I guess he would be 31 this year and would be gambling in millions if he has not stopped. Parents should ensure they are worthy role models to their children because everything would do is perfect for them.

What is reflected in the story told by the OP about Michael Jordan and his son, is quite common in wealthy families and not only with respect to gambling, and that is that the father who went from poor to rich knows what it costs to earn the money even if he can squander it from time to time, but in a proportion he can afford. On the other hand, the son who is born in a rich family does not know what it costs to earn the money, he takes it for granted, and in many cases when the parents die they end up squandering all the patrimony and becoming poor. However, in this case it does not seem that it will be like that:


In this case, the story seems to have ended well, as Marcus has a net worth of $1.5M years after the event. It does not look like he is going to be ruined by gambling.

Not at all mate , because majority of gamblers are not playing because they wanted to be entertained but instead to double their money and to find their luck.
easy said than Done mate, because when you start to gamble then it may follows excessiveness .
That's why they are called children , but the case will change once they reached adulthood .
Indeed, as parent? I always try to adequately support my children till they reached the adult age.

Maybe they can make a lot of money from the company and are good at the business, but when it comes to gambling and he has already spent a lot of money, there is a good chance he will do it again, whether he will make it public or off the record.
And hopefully, they have a high responsibility and understand that playing gambling has a risk of losing money so they will not play gambling too often.
Yes, when money is not an issue, we tend to use it for less useful things but I don't think they will.
Maybe they had gambled at that moment simply because they wanted to release the tension they had previously felt and nothing would happen to them and their families.

Michael is a athlete and we knew how disciplined they are to become a best basketball players of all time so how come that He may missed educating his Son?

though they are rich , yet there might be a reason for this gambling habit both of father and son.

surely he does, no doubt about that mate, and please never look for Michael not educating his son.
never let them see or find out what we are doing something we don't want them to be so they will never find interest to that thing we do.

The biggest concern that comes to parents' minds is when their child is not in their control anymore, even a bad environment, makes the children become affected by it. so that apart from hiding my gambling from the children, I also try my best to direct them in choosing a circle of friends.
I still remember when I was in school there was a classmate of mine who was addicted to gambling and now he is a drug addict too, his future is really ruined because he had very weak self-control since childhood and his parents didn't teach him how to behave.

Parents should be a good example for their children. We know that the nature of a child is to imitate their parents. So, as parents act, children will surely try it too. As for this, the thing that must be done is to inform the child's awareness of the things or consequences that will occur if doing so (this can be related to any action that has consequences).

There's no such thing as a perfect parent to be a perfect example for being good as it would be followed by your kids.I've seen some parents which do mold or guide their kids on the right way or good path but still

ending up on messing up their lives due to their own decisions into their lives.Yes, nothing could really be controlled but showing off something good into your kids is mostly or likely to be followed by them.
We know that MJ is a known heavy gambler then its no surprise that his kids would really be going into the same path on that their Father is doing and since
they do have the money to spend and use then expect on what would be the result.

His life could've been in different path, if he hadn't earned big. Life is all about the earning and based on the same will be their spending. What MJ have spend never hurts his lifestyle in any means, so is his son. Father and son into gambling, parallel to the same they're good with their respective profession as well as into their businesses. As said, it isn't possible to have parents that are right in all means followed by kids.

Even though they have discipline, a person can slip and be tempted to gamble and we have seen that the amount of money he has to gamble is very large, even though he is a very rich man.
But at least, it would be better if they could hide the number of defeats from the public because as a famous athlete, some people look up to them as a role model.
Was that big loss a good example to show to the public?

It is highly insane for a kid to was such a huge sum of the money just a night, this only portrays nothing but a wasteful lifestyle, and even though his dad is a highly influential personality and has a lot of money that doesn't warrant such a wasteful lifestyle a night clubs.

No one is saying the kid does not have the right but is it moral to act that way and what is the value of that lifestyle, I believe the kid's lifestyle is influenced by his dad's way and if you can see, the father spend bigger amount in clubs and gambling too.

It is not ideal to make a gambling with your children because at the very young age they will reflect immediately that this kind of thing is normal and must need to do because they grow up to be part with of it, and also there's a possibility that someone can file a case for the child abuse because they are still under 18 and expose already in gambling but we have different life sometimes some of them already expose still it is ideal if the parents have a proper guidance with their children what are the basic right and wrong and make an explanation to them about this.

Gambling is prohibited for minors in every country, even in countries where gambling and casinos are legal. But these days some casino owners don't take those things seriously. Many of them do not prefer KYC either. As a result, a minor can easily lose valuable assets in gambling due to his inexperience or other reasons. If there is no proper solution soon then children may become dis obedient in future which will never bring benefits to the society and the country. So minors must be kept away from gambling or casinos.

Indeed. It is really illegal for minors to do gambling because they aren't on their legal age yet to decide on their own without the guidance of their parents or guardian. A minor needs proper guidance and help from the elders which is why most decisions in this age bracket still needs permission and consultation from their parents before they can actually be allowed to do it. In gambling, there is no exceptions. If you are a minor, then you shouldn't be betting and playing because most casinos, if not all, have it stated in their terms of service that a person must be 18 and above already before proceeding.

Some casinos even ask for KYC verification just to be sure that the person making an account is a real person and is of legal age already. Although this matter has been the center of a lot of debates here in forum since KYC means giving your personal information and therefore, defeats the purpose of anonymity that initially is fine with most casinos back then. KYC could really help alleviate the rise of percentage of youth gambling illegally, However, kids are also becoming more and more clever these days, so some are still able to bypass the security by making fake IDs or using other people's ID. Which means they should also step up their game and think of other ways how to really detect 18yrs old below gambling using various techniques.

But I still believe that it's also more of the parent's responsibility to discipline their child and the child as well to make the right choices if guided right.

For us as we are in the middle stage we must teach our children to avoid gambling in the minor age because it will affect their lifestyle cause if they get addicted at in their young age then a lot of consequences will happen. But like Michael Jordan and his son situations as we all know that they are in super class stage which is not even a millionaire but a billionaire so we can not say that Michael Jordan can control his son interms of gamble because even his son can get a lot of money from their family.

The casinos have a bigger role to do than the family or government that made regulation for the underage not playing of gamble. The casinos can look for how to stop the young to register to play gamble. Strict role that is hard to break should come in even if app detector for under age. KYC this time is not only enough to stop it .

Yes, that's a concern when a child who is still a minor is affected by the environment. Because in this period of growth it will shape their morals and personality for the future. Not infrequently a child becomes good at lying when they are in a social circle that can be said to be bad. That is the beginning of their real destruction, we as parents will also not be able to control when they are really in that circle. But on the other hand limiting them excessively will make them behave worse than imagined. In this case we as parents play an important role in that growth period, we can limit them but with something that makes them comfortable.

Gambling is a personal interest which meant for people who like to play or bet.  Now if the Father was an addicted to gambling then the kids would follow up.

What you do regularly and sometimes you even send your children to do it for you and all those processes they are learning from it.  


Then peer influence. Those children that are out of control from their house or family are influenced by their friends outside. That is why parents are advised to know their children friends.  


Also social influence, the activities in the society also influenced children to deviate from the societal norms.

Well, that's a huge problem to be honest considering that if you stumble upon a casino site online and goes through with it for signing up it doesn't need any other verifications. I think casinos are not to be blame at all here, if parents know how to discipline their children, know how to block unwanted sites on their gadgets or even directly on their own network, communicate with them and other else then these problem about underage gambling doesn't need to happen at all or should I say it could be mitigated.

But is this actually the reality that they face at thee end? everyone has the intention to make money but not all are making it through gambling, only few have succeeded in playing gamble and have some good return after, parents must know this that they must not let their children got exposed to gambling at early stage, playing games can be an alternative to that but there must be time designated for each to take place.

As long that they could sustain then there's no issue at all.It is really just normal that people would really be looking upon on how they do spend and how money should be spent.We would really be likely on sticking

into those most basic principles when it comes to spending money on something which is more worth and not just basically be spending on gambling alone or some vices or whatsoever but since people are different

on some ways then expect that this could really happen.Its true that it would really be just parallel, parents or guardians does impose huge influence into their kids on what they are doing.
This is why most likely they would really be going or doing along on the same path which isnt something surprising.

Gambling is a bad habit that should be avoided underage and proactive measures should be taken to protect our kids from getting exposed to such addictive activities such as gambling most especially at a young age because at that age kids can easily get obsessed with the fun and easily become addicted and out of control.

Thos is why underage gambling is prohibited by many countries around the world and parents should also take good care of their wards and keep them away from gambling until they mature enough to control their emotions.

Not in all cases.  Often times children who suffer trauma due to their father being addicted do their best to avoid gambling. But those that suffers nothing will more likely follow their fathers path.


True, but kids being exposed to gambling in early age with parents' guidance will make this kid develop a resistance to it.  After all, it is about how the parents teach themselves about the matter of gambling.  But in your given case, it is more likely that the kids will develop the same gambling habit as the father.


Peers have the most influence on a person.  Due to the sense of "to belong"  a person even though not into gambling will try to engage in it just to make himself belong to the group.


This can be corrected via proper guidance and online restrictions.  Parents can use monitoring application where they can enable and disable access to certain websites.

We are not rich like them but I remember my father supporting me and even laughing at me whenever I confess that I am gambling with my classmates and friends through PC Lan games like DOTA and Counter strike back when I was a student.
It was like a regular topic for us but he always remind me to study well and don't let it consume me, gambling is fun but you must also remind yourself about your limits.

Even though they are quite mature, it is better to keep them by providing sufficient understanding to keep them away from gambling because many adults cannot control their emotions when it comes to gambling. Gambling can make them addicted and uncontrollable, be it adults or children. And because of that, as parents, we better not set a bad example for our children so that they don't imitate what we do. Even though we are people who have a lot of money, we better teach our children how to use money properly and correctly.

It's tempting to gamble if you are blinded by the possible profit that you can get if you're lucky. Imagine to double or triple your money in snap? It's a temptation that even adults find it hard to resist if they dont have self-control. Thus, if you are a parent and a gambler dont let your kids see what you are doing, because if they are exposed early in gambling, they might think it's right and normal since their parents are also doing it. Thus it's better to not let it show and be a responsible parent, a role model that they can look up to.

If we consider your example with Micheal Jordan, then how can he forbid his son from losing big money in gambling if Micheal Jordan himself lost huge money? In this case, Micheal Jordan sets an example for his child. If you want to prevent children from becoming addicted to harmful gambling habits, then don't gamble, and even more so, don't lose money yourself. Your son will take an example from you. Of course, this needs to be reinforced in the right conversation about the dangers of gambling. Together, this will help reduce the impact of gambling. That is, words alone will not be enough. A personal example of the parent will be required. In the case of Micheal Jordan, the personal example of the parent had a detrimental effect.

as a children and we still depend our spending to parents better to avoid any kind of gambling , since early it could make us addicted and i am believe it will bring negative effect then. and also as parents, we must always remind and give them knowledge about the disadvantages from gambling, make sure our children will understand it will make us addicted and also win ratio was very small. everthing run by computer algorithm that will not allow platform owner loss.

That's why most of those who serves as the greedy gamblers are the ones being addicted most and despite that they have nothing to show forth with thier gambling commitment, i believe to an extent that we all have desires for making more money through the little in our disposal and gambling could be actually one of the easier means to het this achieved but only to loose everything but of which we are more focused on winning than considering the loosing tendencies along way, but i still stand on my feet that getting children exposed to gambling is too bad as parents and is not one of the means to adopt a good upbringing.

The thing is playing computers game is also a form of gambling, many kids this days have access to the gamepad and some of those advanced games are played to earn, and thos ways kids get attracted to playing those games and being able to earn at the same time.

But what is bad is a kid wasting a huge sum of money in a night at a nightclub, even though he is a rich kid there is a better way to spend money than on gambling and call girls.

Our children right now understood about how to use internet and access to computer or mobile phone, I think have algorithm when our children used the internet about advertising show. Better our position as parent open gambling site on private browser and give positive advertising when our children used the same computer or mobile phone not have gambling site advertising. Several gambling website have term service age but when ability playing or deposit without need KYC all age between children or adult can active on gambling site.
Not good give bad habit to our children about gambling trough still not reach 18 years old, later depending with their self choose active on gambling or not if their have been adult.

A kid that does that will say that he doesn't care bout' money because his parents got it and he doesn't have to worry about it.

There are many better ways in using that money but we know that kids really aren't going to be as good as the older ones as they're trying to be curious with things and wants to try out almost everything.

Their mindset isn't those that have been gone through because life for them is just starting out and there's more to know through their spending habits like if there's no tomorrow.

Well, we can't compete with the Jordan family in the end! What is $5M for older Jordan? A few days on some yacht? Or $50k for his son? I guess nothing... people just have fun with what they can afford to lose!

People are just making too much reaction on how they do spend up their money.Its theirs, they had worked hard for that and now they are cherishing on the fruit and this is why its none of our business on how

they would gonna be spending their money.It just turns out that people do really mind off others spending or on how they do spend up their money.Its true that this one is really that not worth spending

on just simply playing gambling.It is really that too much for a kid or children even if you do know your parents are millionaire or something like that.
But well this is how they do live up their lives.

Basically, is the life and the rules.
Whatever they wish to do as long as it brings them fun and satisfaction am cool with that, lot of us here gamble during our spare time to ease pressure from work. Even though some other people take it to the extreme by spending their life savings in casinos and becoming homeless just because they get carried away with the casino's fantasy promises and got addicted in the end.

current generation now smarter that us , they are familiar with all technology which is used on daily routine. even we use private browser but alot advertisment about gambling will occur. as we know google record all our activity in internet and used as their data to ads their client product.

If that happened just once then I think it's OK. People, especially rich people, do stupid things from time to time.
The son was 19 years old when he spent the fifty grand on gambling and alcohol, so he is not really young.
Anyway, some says that this is OK as long as he is rich and can afford to spend that much! I disagree. Many rich people lost their fortune because they didn't think spending money like this can affect them as they had a lot of it.
Back to the subject, responsible parents should never expose their children to gambling and should never let them know about their gambling activities.

For us, losing such huge amount will always be a big deal because we are not used in having that amount, but for wealthy men like Michael Jordan and his family, money is not a problem so I certainly agree that as long as they get entertained, money will never be big deal. However, for most gamblers who are only minimal wage earners, we should always limit our expenses in gambling as it could lead to financial breakdown once not controlled.

Do you also know that despite how rich and how wealthy is Michael Jordan and his family ought to be, if proper investment is not made those wealth can be lost in few years to come since the Son is living a wasteful life, without knowing how painful it's to make wealth. Just take a look at few people over here how we stressed over in our workplaces and you think your children should live such a life without being careful and minding how to make their expenses will as well end up being broke after few years, being broke i mean doesn't mean begging to live but their wealth ranking could be low.
So as a parents alway take the best step to teach your children the best way to spend money and as well how to make money.

There's nothing Micheal Jordan's will do to make his father broke or rank him low in wealth. Micheal is a wealthy man and he understands the principle of money. The $5M he used for betting or the $50k his son lavished are all mapped out for what they used it for. His son cannot spend more than what is allocated him monthly, he doesn't spend with his Father's credit card, he uses his and whenever it runs out, he will rest until it is refunded. Does it even run dry?

Please be aware that there are specific rules for children playing gambling in each state or state. The best way, in my opinion, is to tell all the consequences to the child, so that he will be responsible for his actions in the future. Regarding these rules, you can see references via the link below.

https://www.gambling.com/us/laws/legal-gambling-age-in-the-us (https://www.gambling.com/us/laws/legal-gambling-age-in-the-us)

The idea is not to do wickedly by denying our children the right to gamble but everything has a good timing for when it is expected to take place, children can't actually understand the reason why you denied them access to gambling but as parents we can save ourselves from unnecessary headache by not exposing them to it a certain age level where they are expected to learn how to develop a personal and credible career in life, most parents are guilty for not being responsible enough for their children upbringings through proper monitoring.

I highly agree it is better for children to be educated at an early age.  I would rather expose my kids to gambling while teaching them the dos and don'ts.  Guidance is a must.  I always think of exposure is better than keeping my kids blind of gambling activities.  It is like a vaccine to prevent something bad to happen. 


True but the parent must do everything they can to norture kids into a better person.


This is the reason why kids should be educated about gambling in an early age.  Experience does not need to be done personally, it can be acquired through learning from the experience of others thus, kids need to be guided and be given  example of how gambling affect people if they got hooked and become a gambling addict.


Once a child is able to make money, then it will be harder for parents to have control over the child's action unless the kid has full respect for their parents and submit to the parent's will.  In the case presented by OP, considering the fact that the child is able to earn his own money, then parents can only rely on how they brought up the kid and offer only advice else if the parents push the things they wanted and the kids don't want to listen, it will end up to child rebelling against his parents.

Even you are in a university doesnt simply means that he wont really be that influenced into other things which we know that in college where almost could really be seen everything.
If you are surrounded by things which it isnt really that interested you in but still it would really be possibly that could influence you in the future. Self discipline and mind control is really needed
as an individual but its true that the things you could see on what your parents or guardians been doing will really be likely for you to follow on or would really be doing on the same
thing and since you do have the financial capability on doing so then you would really be ending up on this path if you dont have that strong discipline towards self.

We can automatically clear cache and cookies on the setting browser when we close it, but it is sometimes negligent to forget to close it when putting the phone in a hurry. I've done it, and made me think to buy 1 more phone to my son, of course with my control because every phone now has the parent control on set.

Sorry to say this letting them know about it is just as giving them an information that was not in their mind before more of less rekindling the effects of gambling in them. Well your wife could be free to know and as a man your sources of income, way of living should be let known to your wife depending on how understandable your wife seems to be, back to your children. Its a good thing they don't have the idea at their little stage maybe can be controlled at their maturity stage maybe from 19 years up because at this stage they now knew the risk involve while gambling and can mentally and physically controlled it.

As a parent, the only thing you can do is to teach the children the basic effect of gambling, both the positive and negative effects of it and let them know what always become the end of a gambler, a practical example can be conducted as well(taking them to a betting shop and see how many gamblers were able to smile out of the betting shop).Been a parent in this jet age is a big responsibility and we needed to be considerate in dealing with our children orelse they will start to hide many things from us.

As a parent then it would really be your outmost responsibility on making your children be aware on different things on which you do able to share up on things basing up on your experience for them to at least the idea

on what to do whenever they do able to personally encounter it.It wont really be that a bad thing for you to tell about those things in advanced, we dont wish bad things for our kids which it would really be just right

on teaching them the right things that should be done.Whenever you do see something from your parent on what they've been doing then it is most likely you would really be ending up
on doing the same thing.

I agree with you to some extent, know it that a good leader leads by showing examples, as a parent, you should already know that whatever you do, your children are watching, and it will be extremely difficult to tell your child not to do what he or she has seen you doing  several times, like in the case of Michael Jordan and his son, his son sure has seen his father gamble and he(the son) picked up the habit from his father.

So the best advice should be, whatever you as a father or Mother know if not right and you don't want your children to do, then don't do it your self, because if you do and they see you, there is no way they are going to believe you when to tell them not to do that same thing, they probably will feel you are trying to cheat them out on something.

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Yes, I totally agree with you that whatever you do will affect your children and will shape their personality. But this doesn't mean that you have to fake your personality and pretend to be someone else to present a good example.
Just be yourself and when your kids find out about your gambling activity try to explain to them what gambling is all about and how it may be harmful. This is all you can do as a parent, this is what am doing right now!

Yes, this is true. Especially if they see their activities, usually they will learn from what they see in their family.
However, children will also experience a phase of their own development, they will go through stages of the learning and development process in various ways. Maybe some will look to their parents and do the same thing, but some of them prefer to follow what is in their environment.
In essence, children have their own development process whether it is seen by their parents or from their surroundings.
But for sure, as parents, we just need to give direction and guidance and keep monitoring it but don't get too involved. Entrust children with what they are doing to practice their responsibilities.

Especially related to gambling, we are also obliged to explain good and bad gambling so that children will want to consider their own decisions about the dangers of gambling if we can't control and manage it. Convince and telling children about this gambling may also be quite difficult because they may have very different thoughts from us.

That's a wrong perception, it is always good to keep them prepared than making them right after experiencing hard days. What have been said is right, everything needs to be transparent within the family members, but there is an age limit to educate on certain things. This is good, but the present generation can't be handled in such a way.

Recently in my country a small kid playing some game using his parents smartphone have used $10000+ to purchase equipment and other accessories in the game using the parents credit card. What can be done, if we've taught about this earlier this could've been avoided. Rather than age factor I find it is the way how we explain to them.

I think this should only be done once they reach 18 years old or whatever age is what it is considered to be an adult in your country, after all kids should not gamble at all as they are not ready for it as they cannot understand the risks and the ramifications such a decision may have on their lives.

So until that day I think it is important to give the best image you can possible give to them so they do not try to imitate your behavior at such an early age.

We should hide what we do in gambling and not show the negative side of ourselves in front of children so that they will not think or imitate what we do. Parents are perfect examples for their children so what parents do, there is a possibility that their children will also imitate what they do. And about gambling, I think we can talk about the dangers of gambling and show examples of people who have been affected by gambling and may have demonstrated their gambling addiction.

I'm sure if we can give an explanation that our children can accept, they will never try to gamble. And we also have to keep an eye on their association because today, their association is freer than in previous decades.

I find it futile if we are going to educate them the moment they already made wrong decisions. Prevention is better than cure. We must educate our children about something that might do harm to them. It is always better for them to learn those things at home with right information and proper guidance imparted to them rather than learning about it on their own exploration and by being pressured by their peers. We can educate them and make them aware about the things that can affect their whole being the time they reach the right age.

Children are becoming much smarter these days. The new generation can easily learn and adapt from what is introduced to them and what they see from their surroundings. Therefore, we must really do our best to make them aware about the pros and cons of something in general, not only in gambling. Children who are ages 5-7 years old already knew what is wrong from what is right. You can slowly teach them about the do's in don'ts in simple analogy and logic. The moment they reach ages 9 till teenage years, their minds are mature enough to handle the information about sexual health, reproductive, gambling, and the likes.

We can gradually transition our ways of teaching them as they age and become more mature, if that is what you are worried about. Kids develop their critical thinking skills if they are taught and guided properly by their parents or guardians. It is not an excuse to make them ignorant about something so they won't indulge in it. Because trust me, the moment their curiosity kicks in and take over them, there's a high possibility they will be lost if they don't know the repercussions it might cause them for doing it.

It is sad that kids generally follow paths founded by their dads. So we can reach bad dad/good dad argument through this. Gambler dad will definitely become inspiration to kid. If dad likes to break the law, son will definitely try to enjoy it. Think about a kid who grew up in casinos. That type of kid will definitely develop some gambler type of personality. So its no surprise for me honestly. If your dad is billionaire its even easier to become gambler.

Because it was their children and they are the ones who give financial support and others, and not the people who judge them. For them this is their way to show love to their kids and their kids want to do the same because if they aren't, do we think parents will insist that insanity?

I guess no. It's only sad that judgmental people will always be there and they can't possibly be removed in this society that we are living in but the best thing that we can do is just ignore those people and start living the way we want. That is the only key there to be happy. Minding them will only make you stressed and the issue will only grow bigger. I don't think we want that kind of life.

Yes, Jordans can afford spending huge amounts of money on gambling, alcohol and stuff, but what's really interesting is that they are not doing it. The cases described by the OP were nearly the only such cases in their life.

Anyone can go off the rails at one point of his/her life, but what's important is to have this strength which can help you to return back to normal. Imo, Michael Jordan is a good father, who illustrated by his own example how to not become a gambling addict.

yes , thats what I mean mate, majority of gamblers are indeed longing for double or even higher from their capital but not anticipating the reality that what they are getting is losses .
but this is not our concern anyway as we are only trying to advice them for what is good and better.

Exactly, growing up have a lot to do without mental reasoning and most time the environment always influences our lives, that is why as a parent one needs to be a good role model to the kids and try as much as possible to lay good examples for our kids to follow. I have seen a bad dad good child situation in some cases and the dad makes sure he separates his gambling life and another bad influencing lifestyle away from the kids until when the kids are above 18+ and can decide for themselves.

Well, I wouldn't call it "going off the rails either"! It's just fun! But fun for people with money (or lots of money (multimillionaires or billionaires)) and people without money is not the same. I guess there's no cap when it comes to how much money can spend a group of friends for a weekend in Vegas, starting from booking the presidential suite or shity room in some motel to playing games with $1 min blind or $10k min blind... and then everything that can come between. :)
Some people can repeat this trip often, and some a few times per year... But most people can only dream about it!

A bit off-topic, but it's Vegas. I watched a show some time ago:

Gambling for children is quite dangerous for the child's psychological condition, especially if he uses money to gamble from his parents' income. You can find ways to deal with and how to start teaching these children on trusted site below.

https://www.parents.com/parenting/money/teach-kids-gambling-dangers/

In addition, it will lessen the pain to a very reasonable extent if a gambler also learn to gamble with little amount so that if loss it won't be a regrettable act, atleast gamble with the amount you can afford loosing but not everyone listen or remember this wise saying, also children must have a limitation to having access to a particular amount of money from a certain range, because they can just one day receive an influence from friends that will land them into a casino gambling.

Agree!

This is why its not really that accurate or 100% to say that their parents should really be the one to be blamed off specially if their kids do really lost off track or had done something wrong.

I could say that basing up with real experience which i do see some of my friends family which their parents are really that good when it comes on handling and raising up their child
and both father and mother are really that respectable and something strict when it comes to things which you could really say that their children is been raised up well
but there is one of the family members do really go into other path which is something opposite on which their parents had taught.

Our children as a whole are experts handling everything related to computers and smartphones, so it is obvious that they will have access to many things, although they not only have access to certain content, as parents they should always be aware every 5 minutes or less of what they are browsing, this is something that can be controlled, at least if any of the parents neglects it, and the moment he comes across a casino, the parent should explain to him what it is about and that he cannot enter such a site because It's dangerous, it's a potential loss of money for my son, in fact, every time he's on the PC and something like this comes up, I tell him not to go in, it's advertising, and worse things come out.


That is very interesting information and all parents should see it as soon as they can, however I am a person who when my child is on the internet I am on top of him or her, because I think that a problem such as spending money It is not as serious as that they are obtained in prohibited sites or where there are many pedophile patients, which unfortunately there are many in the world, for now I think that children have many skills for the internet and to be able to do other things on the internet, besides that there are many who are experts with just grasping the devices and manipulating them, it is for this reason that parents should always be present.


Well, the truth is that wanting to increase our funds by betting is one of the riskiest things that a person can take to do, in my personal advice to anyone who wants to do that, I do not recommend it, as well as how can you have the fortune to achieve it, the other What is more likely is to lose and possibly lose all the money for it, because everything is usually bet very quickly, sometimes there are people who only use the martingale and that is where they lose the most, that is something they should not do, what It is better that they use the games in the casinos just to have fun and that they have their available balance to lose, not to lose more than what they have available.

it is an old habit that parents must be responsible for what their children might come, because nowadays children can easily take information in internet and making decisions on their own.
there are still of course that parents bring their children in best interest  but those are limited as we enters a computer world, youngsters are coming maturity earlier than we expected .

When they decide to have children, it is because people have to abandon all attention towards them, and focus only on their children, having children is not anything, nor is it easy, it is 100% dedication, in fact mothers are the ones who always They will be with their children until the end and they will defend everything, when it comes to the dangers that accessing the Internet can cause, there should be no doubt that parents have to be supervising their children, they cannot leave them alone, many tragedies have happened because parents are so liberal with their children.

Children are the greatest responsibility that can be had, and just as they must control their things, they must get into the world to defend them, and that includes being with them wherever they go, even in casinos, there is no excuse for parents who have children, I can't find it, and if something bad happens it is the parents' total responsibility.

This topic is broad and also interesting to talk about, parent and their children in gambling, fine and good the mother has the more closer relationship/attention with the children more often than the father who possibly gambles alot and have no time in creating rapport with the children which is a bad habit as a father, although some are not that daft in letting vacant of their role as a father, here sone children are smart enough that their mother may not know what they are upto, some sneaking out with friends, gambling and still yet their mother isn't aware, but a responsible father will know how to caught the children of such habits only if he himself is not guilty from within, that's why training up q child is a collective efforts of both parents.

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Hidding thing does not work at all, they need to understand what it is and be exposed to people who had problems with gambling. Not everyone is prone to excessive gambling nor all people respond equally to gambling, in fact most people can have perfect control about most aspects of their lives and even if they get a bit absorbed, most can rein in an take measures to stop.

Exposing children to gambling is very dangerous once they knew how to gamble it becomes very difficult to curtail them and will be distracted from their school work and might ruined their academic persuit in the long run, personally as a soccer fan I gambled anonymously without exposing it to them thanks to online gambling sites and I never get addicted such I can easily be suspected or detected thus I always guide them and assisted them in their school work, we do watch soccer matches I bet on Television together with them just to know the outcome of my bet but I never let them know my mission  and my wife is also not aware of my gambling activities because I place bet once in a while.

I will start by saying Micheal Jordan losing $5million in a single night is equivalent to a $300 salary earner losing $3 or less as at 2010 in a single night. The amount of money lost in gambling doesn't really matter what matters is if the loser can afford the loss. What is kicked against mostly in gambling is avoiding risk that could lead to depression and suicide
 
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As for Marcus Jordon i will say $50,000 isn't that much to spend on a single night even though he is not up to 21. He must have faced the law after wards but based on his family asset and worth i won't say he squandered money....

Young people nowadays do really indeed learn up too fast due to accessibility of information through net which is something an advantage or benefit on such innovation or tech but it does really have its con's

where kids or youngsters are really that prone into other things which might trigger out those interest and they would really be that diverted on other which they shouldnt supposed to do so.
So this is where parents role and job would take place, it cant be perfect but at least we are doing our responsibility.

There's always a saying that "Focus on what brings YOU joy. Appreciate and do more things that make YOU smile. Live your life for yourself" (https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1106746-do-what-makes-you-happy-focus-on-what-brings-you#:~:text=Focus%20on%20what%20brings%20YOU,Live%20your%20life%20for%20yourself.). If gambling is really what makes Micheal Jordan happy, then he's entitled to make him self smile but gambling away a whooping Sume of $50,000 just for a night is really a crazy thing to do. Again introducing children to gambling is really a terrible thing. Aside the case of Micheal Jordan, am also taking example of a guy in my locality who rendered his parents homeless by gambling away their home. If parents are gamblers, I think they should not drag their children into it too. IMO.

@Zilon you know rich kids always get away with whatever stunts thy pull and that is the way it is bro, and if you have checked the boy's history, you will discover that this is not the first time he is gotten cut up in such an extravagant lifestyle that is above his present age but he has always enjoyed doing since he enjoys the immunity of his father so there is much anyone can do or say about this situations.

Exposing doesn't necessarily mean having our kids engaged in gambling activity directly.  Exposing is like making them aware and giving them a guide on why gambling needs to be moderated or avoided.  It is like exposing the pros and cons of gambling and letting them know the benefits and devastation a gambler can have if they engage in gambling.  One of the reasons why many people got addicted to gambling is the lack of proper exposure to it when they are young.  Due to parents keeping their kids blind about gambling activity, the kids tend to get lost when the time comes that the kids are at the right age and are able to engage in gambling activities legally.  they got the "shock"  due to the unknown effect of gambling which can be avoided if they are guided and get knowledge about gambling when they are young.

It is also important that parents teach their kids not only to not gamble at casinos but to avoid gambling in their everyday lives, after all there are many activities that while they are not formally recognized as gambling they have all the characteristics of gambling as well, so it is important that parents teach their kids how to identify them and avoid them as well, as even if I believe adults should be able to gamble legally all over the world obviously the same does not apply to kids.

For me, I don't my kids engaged into gambling at a young age but it doesn't mean I won't expose gambling which it's purpose is to teach them about gambling and reasons why it is not good to gamble. If you don't guide someone and teach them rhe knowledge you have about gambling and what it can cause. I am like that when my parents told me gambling is not good that's why I only gamble very small amount and you can't even see difference if gamble or not nis because I only gamble very seldom. This story should be shared

Gambling has to be known, or else the person will regret playing it anyhow. The issue with many gamblers is that games and casinos are easily accessible, so they can just approach it online and offline to take their bets without being fully informed. This works at times, but hurts most times, to the point that many would be addicted and continue to risk senselessly.

But if they had been well informed, they might have known the risk attached to it before gambling and be cautious enough to gamble responsibly and never cross the negative line. And as for children, it is good to let them discover it by themselves but guide them if they are only of legal age.

Maybe kids won't get involved in gambling at a young age but who knows if their kids learn about gambling from their friends? Nowadays, with the advancement of technology, children playing with their friends will easily access any site and use it for their benefit. Even parents will not know what they do when they use the internet. But if parents can provide direction and explanation that gambling is not good and provide concrete examples of the consequences, I think their children will think that gambling is not good for them. They will even invite their friends not to approach gambling because of the consequences of gambling.

That's true and even in other matter that is not gambling is also know from their friends. That's my point here that even if they know about it from their friends is that parents should explain the advantages and disadvantages of gambling and which of these two are most or commonly happen to gamblers which my side is on disadvantage rather than advantage as you have known casino always win.

It seems fair that Michael Jordan can do whatever he wants with the money he has earned and accrued over his career. He is one of the richest athletes to have ever lived and put a lot of his money very sensibly into long term investments. If he wants to let loose on one night and play high roller games that are comparable with his earning abilities, then good luck to him. If he is wise then this might just amount to a few months worth of income from his other investments and he probably made a sizable amount of his spending back. His son however has likely done little to earn money so far and it could be a very dangerous thing to lavish such reckless spending money on him.

Basically, all of us here in our forum we don't let our children engaged in gambling while they are in young age, it because we all know that gambling can not take them always in victory, and also winning in gambling is not always or its unpredictable so we can not assure that they can make profit and that's the reason why most of us here in forum won't let our children engaged in gambling in their young age.

Indeed, you are absolutely correct with this proverb.. But it's not limited to apples alone by the way, oranges, mangoes, limes and lemons etc all do not fall far from their trees 😅.

Clearly, the young lad doesn't know the real value of such an amount of money, he doesn't have the slightest idea what people go through the earn money, and I do not blame him, the father clearly failed in his duties as a father, and from this story, I got to understand why most children from rich homes end up living extravagant and arrogant lives, spending what they can't ordinarily afford without even knowing it.
I hope parents, especially the rich ones, will learn to give their children special attention and teach them all they need to know about money before releasing them to the world.

For me I wouldn't want my son to get involved with gambling as under age or know that I'm a gambler still as a child or under age, would do everything possible to keep that away from him until except if he discovered it by himself or he getst to know that when he's of age, or maybe he found himself into gambling through friends , in this case, I will let him know things or risk involved with gambling and a proper age for one to get involved with gambling. Because sometimes the problem with most  parents is that they don't educate their children on this kind of things and when they get to know it theirselves they mess up anyhow.

I had teach my son some gambling games at his age of 19.From that,he had played huge games.For a period of 6 months,I had monitored his game.Every game I had an habit of giving him some ideas.Now he had huge knowledge in gambling and play on his own now.Only negative things on his play is he bet entire big profit in to 10 small bets.Then he may force to recover only 60 percentage of the bet amount.One day he may win his own way of gambling.

Of course what you don't know will cost you, if they gamble without having full knowledge to how its been done then they will only be making a financial contributions they will never collect back to the casinos, the only joy that a gambler get as reward is when he wins and not when he's loosing even though some never put the two into serious account, but i still understand the need to derive pleasure in gambling but at wish.


Environment we lived in also contributed to that of the children having access to gambling, age is very important in gambling because at a certain point, a child could not be able to control himself or manage the money for gambling and the more they begin to look for every possible means to get money for gambling including stealing it, anything adolescent should be off the gambling zone and remain limited to playing ordinary games.

It is a much discussed topic and probably also quite a big and social problem in society today. More and more children are gambling and how do you deal with this as a parent? There are also many children who know how to keep this well hidden. And at what point do we still speak of children? Someone who is 50 and has a son who is 30 who gambles is officially also a child. But that is different from a minor child who is already addicted to gambling. The only positive thing about underage gambling is that sites do not allow you to create an account if you are underage, you could still play with bitcoins. But otherwise you can only gamble reasonably innocently until the age of 18. Then you are talking about poker with your friends for fun for example.

Dont know if this one is right or not but pursuing profits on gambling is never been a good idea,specially when you do chase up losses or minding about breaking even.
You should really be that responsible when it comes on good handling and control of your childrens gambling activity and not to motivate them about their
losses should really break even but for the sake of entertainment then its never been bad to make up considerations on playing as long
you do have the control and with your children then i dont see any issues.

Although every country has different regulations for limiting the age of gambling, but I agree that teenagers should be out of the gambling zone because they have no income to gamble and they only get pocket money from their parents for their daily needs, so they gamble then it's the same as training them to commit the crime of theft and extortion to other teenagers, so the age factor is very important to enter the gambling zone because adults have a broad mindset to consider any decision including understanding the important things to overcome the disadvantages of gambling.

Well, nothing remains hidden from the parents. Kids and children think that they are gambling hiddenly from parents and they don't know it.
Well actually this is not the case. Parents are aware of every activity of their child. Its  just that they ignore this fact that they know everything ad the children thinks that his / her parents aren't aware of their activities.



Well the formula is simple. If you are gambling is a parent, do expect that your chidden will be gambling too and you will not be able to stop them.
If you want that your children do not gamble, you need to lead by example and quit gambling first. Only then you will be able to convince your kids that gambling is not good for them.

No, everything is hidden from the parents until the parents ask their children about things and their children tells the truth.  Parents is just a human being, they never know until they discover it or someone told them about it.  So this means, parents should be observant of their kids.  Parents must be sensitive to the behavior change of their kids and inquire and ask their kids if there is some problem.  Through inquiries, observation and openness of the kids, parents can know everything about their kids.


I agree, kids mimic what their parents do since kids believe that it is normal to do such things because their parents are doing it. 

Or hide your gambling activity from your children.  Other parents do things and explain to their kids why they need not do those things.  Proper communication is the key and being sincere as parents can make their kids agree to what the parents are advising.  But of course, leading by example is the best option to make your kids listen to whatever a parent say.

The important thing is that if a child asks their parents, they can explain in detail why they should not approach gambling at all. But usually, parents only explain the outline without explaining it in detail, making their children look for information from other people that is not even necessarily true. It's hard to keep children from all these things because they can look for them from other places. This is where the role of parents is needed so that their children do not go the wrong way.

No way, even if I am a pro gambler I will never influence my kid to be a gambler and I would not want to see my kid doing that, there is a gambler in my city that knows he way around gambling and his downfall started when his first son started wasting his money in casinos, he has no gambling experiences and lessons and he kept losing money until he got into a big debt.

If you are a gambler you don't need to influence your children by telling them to gamble. Children learn by observation, when they see you gamble they will begin to gamble, when they see you smoke, they will learn to smoke, when they see you drink they will also learn to drink. It does not mean that it is you that is going to influence them by telling them to start gambling, that is why online gambling is fine .When you are behind your screen they will not know what you are doing online .

I think this is the worst if children are gambling and not telling their parents. Even when you are not a minor anymore it feels wrong to hide your gambling activities from your parents and your friends. It's one thing no not tell them, and it's another thing to lie to them to try and make them believe you are not gambling at all. All the children in my family are still young and below 10 years, gambling is not an issue yet, but it will be eventually. I know that my brother in law likes to gamble to and we sometimes talk about it. My parents don't really like it but they accept it and we can talk about it openly. It's the same thing I want with my children as well. It's so much better to talk openly about something than banning it for our kids and not knowing it they will follow the ban or not. Eventually our children will make their decision alone and we can't influence them forever. In many countries is gambling part of the culture and its nornal for kids to be curious. I still remember how I was with 15/16, you see the casino life in movies and want to give it a try yourself.

Rich gambler or poor is not the problem here. Whether you are rich or poor you should never involve your children in gambling and let them gamble. If you are rich and allow your children to gamble then it will be a bad experience for you and your children will eventually get involved in many bad activities and there futures will be ruined.

This is really a situation where the African saying "LIKE FATHER LIKE SON" comes in. Just from your quotes of what both the father and the son said, it doesn't seem to me that they were really bothered about the whooping sum of money that was spent, and I guess those gambling sites would really have been dancing so hard those nights. My first question was how did Marcus come about such amount of money if not from his father? Which means his dad which I believe has already provided him with all the luxuries of life still pumps in huge sum of money into his son's account and he knows fully well that it will be squandered. So I believe every family has it's ethics of raising a child(Ren).

Personally I don't think letting children underaged gamble is right as it is also against both gambling and betting regulations if almost every country that allows betting and gambling

Kids may think they are smarter than their parents while in reality this is not the case. Parents are more experienced and no matter how sharp the kids are, they can never deceive their parents. However, when children do not listen to thier parents advice on not to play gambing, children usually do not listen them and start playing in hidden.


Poor communication is not the problem, the real issue is the children see and adopt what their parents do. If parents keep on playing gambling and keep telling kids not to play gamble, it will have no effect on the kids. They will argue that if our parents are playing, why are they stopping us and why can't we gamble too ?

You know, it's really hard to scold someone, a child when your at most guilty of the ae crime. It's not a very good position especially when your also on the same position. You kind of restle with your conscience and as a result, you don't often come off with the right words or make the most impact.

That's why it's important that your kids don't get to find you in such habits. You might as well be there Hero and like there hero, they would tend to walk the path you on and you know what the result would be, disaster.

Gambling is for the matured in mind and those whom knows when to continue or stop. It's not a thing for children and it should be kept from them, as far away as possible.

As a parent, you should be able to handle child even with scolding. Not because you are doing something that you don't want your child to do means that can't say something about it and prohibit them from doing it. Also, it should not affect your conscience as you should know that prohibiting them is the right thing. Things could go wrong even what you say if you think that what you're doing is wrong.

You can still be someone your child to look up on or a "Hero" even with things that you don't want them to do. You just need to prove them and let them what the things they should idolised you.

That is the need for guidance to children, regarding this there is a need for notification to children about the bad risks that will be obtained. Even worse, worse things can happen to them, such as addiction, mental health, and others. In the links below, you can find the lessons you need to know about these things.

https://www.psychreg.org/child-gambling-addiction/

The role of parents is very important to accompany children's activities and should limit the use of PC or mobile, if without monitoring browsing history from the internet it will be influenced by external factors from the internet including advertising from gambling and they will try it, I have a younger brother and I always borrow his cell phone for check his internet activity history and when he is 18+ then he has his own choice to do whatever, but the role of parents only suggest the best for his future.

Better lead by example.  If you are a pro gambler and you don't want your kids to get involve in gambling then it is better for you to stop gambling.  You cannot tell your kids that gambling is wrong yet they can see you wasting your time gambling.  This will lead to confusion and possibly lost of respect of children to their parents.  If parent told them to not engage in gambling, parent must not get involved in gambling activities. 

Though you can try another approach by not branding gambling as a taboo.  You can tell your kids that they can only engage in gambling activity if they are in the right age, but as a kid, they shouldn't get involved with gambling activity because it is against the law.  Together with that, you can guide your kids on how to properly moderate a gambling activity so that they will have a knowledge on how to engage in gambling properly when they come to age.

It is easy to build the right morals and characters in kids while their are still growing than when they become a teenager, the boy in question is already used to that way of life, and he has being spending such a huge amount on regular basis, so to him, that is a normal life but not knowing he is building a bad image in the eye of the public. His dad is not also responsible enough to have developed the right character and set a good example for his kids.

That's why the wise ones says the best time to bend a fish is when it is still afresh, but when it got dried, no remedy to bending it anymore, let's train our children right from their childhood days, when they grow up, they will not depart from it, which is parents to child's responsibility.


Some careless and heartless parents do forget that the children are looking on their character unknowingly and unconsciously, what kind of foundation are they laying for such children to trail upon, we are just blaming the society but the actual fact is that the fault begins right from home, if the child gambles or misbehave being underaged, don't blame him, check his parents.

That is really hard if a parent itself is used to live his life in luxury wherein gambling is also a big part of it. The children will definitely learn to imitate the lifestyle of their parents as it’s what they keep on seeing. Well for  Michael, it’s not a problem since they got the huge funds to lose in gambling, but for ordinary people who even struggled to live our life, I think we should always teach our kids to never engage in gambling as it could be very addicted if not controlled.

As a son or daughter then everything where your parents been doing would be definitely right into your eyes which you would really be idolize and would really be following on to their steps which is something

very common for us to take.Its true that whatever we've been dealing with would be basically be followed by our sons and daughters and since you are really that millionaire then finances wont really be a problem

which does basically means that they could really do all sorts of things without having any problems when it comes to finances which is really a very common concept or
situation that it would really happen.

You're Right, we have a different life with Michael because he lives in a gambling environment so his son will imitate him out of interest in trying something of his father's work. So we are advised not to follow it and must educate children to focus on their future because if they are involved in gambling as a teenager it will damage their mindset and they will no longer focus on their education.

instilling discipline, best practices and other good behaviour is indeed best when they are still young. in this way, they can go over and over again from what they have been taught, and those will be their reminder if in case they change their path later on in their lives. it will be their guide throughout their lifetime. most of these kids will stick to where they were being brought up.

At the end each one of us is responsible for our own actions, so once your kids become legal adults even if you can give them an advice or two they can always ignore to hear you out and make several mistakes in the process, that is part of growing up and there is not much which can be done to avoid this, the only thing you can hope for is that you have at least teach them enough about life so whatever mistakes they make are relatively small and they do not ruin their lives in the process.

We cannot just simply assume Michael did not do his part as a parent.
I'm wondering, why ya'll quick to crucify Michael for being a bad parent or not instilling discipline and something like that?
This might've happened once, and right after his son posted it on social media, it might've never happened again.
I mean, there's one point in our younger lives that we tend to go discover what these adults were doing and out if curiosity, we tend to imitate what they're doing, and what I meant to imitate it does not automatically mean they got it from their parents (though Michael is undeniably into gambling), but it could also be that they saw it a hundred or thousand times from different adult people.
Now, how do ya'll know Michael have never done anything about it after he found out what happened?
Don't you think he just let it pass? And did not do something to discipline his son?
Remember, when we grow up, it's not always what the parents taught us turns out to be what we are right now, as an adult.
Because, as an adult, we all have the ability to think on our own way. I mean, majority of the parents out there did not teach their children how to kill, steal, and other criminal activities, but why we have seen a lot of people like these in our local news? Right?
But don't get me wrong, discipline is a good start while your young.

But maybe for rich people, gambling can become a kind of lifestyle and maybe some of them play gambling to get a cooperation agreement between the two.
A lot can happen if we make gambling a lifestyle but most will get something bad out of gambling.
And parents should still pay attention to their children so they don't get caught up in gambling, especially if they get addicted to gambling because it is difficult to cure.
And if the parents often play gambling, maybe they need to reduce it for the sake of their children because someday, their children will know that their parents often play gambling and that can cause many problems that arise in their family.

Jordan can spend his own money to his own liking. Money earned by himself can be squandered, whether he win or lose thats his problem. and he definitely has the capabilities to earn it back even if its 5mm.
Personally I feel the son Marcus should only spend the money that he earns. Maybe he has his own family trust funds that gives him 1mm every month?
Then again its just my personal point of view. If Michael Jordan doesn't mind, who are we to mind? ;)

The personal example of parents plays the most important role in the education of children. Children imitate the behavior of the adults around them. Parents can play whatever they want. But at the same time it is important how adults react in the presence of the child to this or that situation. How parents explain their actions and what their priorities are above all else is also important.

Absolutely, mostly the male child reasons like the father more closely than the mother. So whatever thing they are doing they should set a limitation between them and their children otherwise their children would be full of what they display (parental behavior), so in terms of his son gambling and living extravagant life, this is the number 1 character his got from the father and much exposure to wealth and money otherwise i don't think such character would enveloped the son.

Addiction can lead you any where. If you are addicted in gambling so you will never see what you have you just go for it and addicted will give everything in this field. But there is luck matters too. And one more thing is that the whole family can be gambler too.

Yes, it is fun for people with money, and the guys in question are people with money, so they can afford spending those amounts of money on entertainment once in a while. They can't do it every day, especially Marcus Jordan definitely shouldn't do it often, but once in 5 or 7 years, why not? :)

My point is, Michael Jordan has not spoiled his son, as some people suggest.

You can't say that someone shouldn't follow them as if they will not really follow them.
If there's an influence inside the family, they will really be influenced no matter what advise you tell to them.
They're a family and they should be teaching each other what must they do, whether there is good or bad habits of gambling.

But come to think of it, why allowing under age to have access to the internet in the first place? Well, in my opinion allowing them using cell phone is cool but shouldn't support internet or you customize the cell phone to block access to 18+ sites. Thank God technology has gone far now that you can monitor someone activity in your own cell phone without collecting their cell phone with just a simple configuration. I am an adult but still restricted my phone from accessing certain sites.

Yes, many things can happen, both in gambling and in any type of activity in the world, but I cannot let it go if I have a son who goes to the Internet alone when he is under 18, because he does not have a personality strong, she is very vulnerable to very easy and simple things in order to get money, I have been the tit of a friend who has a son who almost killed them in a game called freefire for being careless with her 13-year-old daughter, a guy He almost came to kill her, the threat of working for him as a hitman to save his family, that problem escalated to the police where they spent very ugly days.

In this case maybe only some people can keep 100% of their children from falling into the world of gambling. but sometimes things can happen so fast when he grows up to be a teenager, so this is where big changes can occur, including environmental influences and also the influence of curiosity so that he may become an active gambling addict as a teenager. Sometimes limiting a child to owning a PC can make them bored with the situation he is in so he is more likely to look for opportunities when he is out of the house looking for something he's never seen before. but I agree with @virasisog where gambling will occur if there is a desire from himself and also a big influence in his environment besides that it may be affected by gambling content scattered on social media.

Same applicable here, i also can't allow any child under the age approved as underaged (-18) to get exposed to things that are beyond his normal reasonings, this wasn't the way our own parents brought us up and even if it happens this way, then we must choose the right path through it, and we must not forget that children are fast learners, gambling is good but not for any underaged child no matter what.


Actually it's not the child's fault, blame the parents who exposed the child to things beyond his mentality could accommodate, some children will go to the extent of stealing their parents money to gamble, but by then, the parents would have forgotten that they initiated the character at first by exposing them to danger with gambling while still young.

True, since minor obviously lacks awareness and can easily get hooked without thinking the possibility of destructive effect of gambling addiction.  Also being carefree and immaturity also gives more possibility of gambling addiction on minors when they engage in gambling at an early age.



Playing and engaging in gambling activity is indeed a personal choice but no players ever wanted to be addicted on gambling.  Gambling addiction just sprout from the activity of a person.  It develops without the knowledge of a player that is the reason why I think gambling addiction is not a personal choice.

Age is a huge factor when we do talk about maturity or something in correlate on how grown ups should really be reacting on things that they've been dealing with.When you dont have sufficient experience and

skills plus having that good emotional handling then you would really be ending up on bad decisions which would really be costing you in terms of finances and results or consequences that you might face on.

Each of us does have their own will on what things that we should really be engaging on but pretty much sure that seeing those things into your own parents will really be giving
or likely be followed by its children and this is why this situation it isnt really that surprising.

Well, this case is very interesting. a child who tends to imitate his father's behavior to spend money by gambling.
Psychologically, it is undeniable that children will indirectly imitate the behavior, attitudes, thoughts and habits of their parents.
Of course we know there are many factors that will affect the behavior of our children such as family, environmental and peer factors.
if the family factor may be easier to overcome by providing a good example and understanding for our children.
but often what will overwhelm parents, usually are factors from the environment and peers that cannot be fully controlled by parents.

In the case above, I think if our child has already done something negative such as gambling, drunkenness, clubbing and others.
If I were a parent, I would take an intense approach to provide understanding and even real examples of what impacts our children will receive if they do these negative things.
and I will not approach intimidating behavior with the negative things our children do, I will do it persuasively.
because there are not many children who can be educated by means of intimidation, most of the time when a child feels intimidated, it is likely that the child will refuse and rebel.
I will say the negative things they have done are enough to be used as real lessons and experiences and not to be repeated again.
if it happens again I will emphasize that they will be responsible for their own behavior.
such as going to prison, accidents, depression and will even die young because of illness due to excessive alcohol consumption and an unhealthy lifestyle.

A minor's development will be stunted if he spends time in gambling when education is needed. Neither morality nor common sense resides in it. And neither the family nor the society can expect anything good through him. Rather, we have to face various problems. He will never be able to control himself in the gambling world. Consequence of this, he will lose everything. So according to time and age it is best not to engage in such activities until becomes mature.

You are in a very difficult situation as dealing with someone which is addicted is never easy, however like always the first step is for the addicted to recognize they have a problem and they need help to deal with it.

If this step is not taken then nothing can be done to help that person as they will never accept the help they desperately need, and once they take that step it is important to get them professional help, as leaving an addiction behind is not something which can be done overnight and instead it is a process which can take months or even years.

We are not against children inheriting from their parents but what are they actually inheriting is the problem, many parents have been found responsible for the kind of live their children lived in the society without knowing it's actually what they developed from what they have been seeing their parents doing.


But it's very bad and i thing of pity if found that parents also constitute the the challenges with their children, we are talking about exposing children at a tender age possibly below eighteen years to gambling just as in the case of Michael Jordan, now i see the reason why we dont here the trend on his name again after he has wasted alot of resources into gambling leaving his home vulnerable as well, his fame was but for a short time, gambling is good and ok for everyone but only when things we do in gambling were intentional and with positive outcomes.

External help would be useless if the said person or addicted ones doesnt really like to hear off any words from someone even up into his family and this is what makes treating gambling addiction do

becomes worst because the ones who could really able to help out is yourself, once you dont really realize and able to see that the thing you've been doing is wrong then you would really be just

doing the same mistakes all over again and again until nothing is left on you.This is why never ever make yourself get addicted that much.
There's no such thing about infinite funds because in gambling where it could really make you broke when the time comes.

Here many things can be put into context, because for some people things are not seen as we see them, for me the education of children is very important, especially when it comes to money, a child, a young person always has to have an idea that your financial education is very important, and you should know that every dollar you earn is by working hard and to get there involves efforts and some sacrifices, for some who are from the world of sports it is different, but nevertheless you have to make an effort by training a lot, others of us study for 15-20 years and become professionals, thus earning a livelihood, for me the training of the children has to be very close to them, and not allow them to do unnecessary things, I think that is the job of being dad and mom.

Well yes, in part I agree with you, but it should be noted that the game as a whole is not so bad, it can make children and young people manage to do and develop some skills, for those who are not native speakers of the English language, it is he can learn quickly, for some reflexes and reactions the game is good, of course the casino game what it will cause in certain acts is that he is a little ambitious and likes money more, it is not bad at all, but you have to let them play under the supervision of their parents, only in this way will they ensure that there is no problem that something else affects them, and yes, that is the responsibility of the parents.


This part is not so difficult because a minor is still manageable and malleable by his peers, they can put him in an activity where he does not get close to anything where he can enter a game, it is something they can do, that is what sports are for , and obviously take him to a psychologist to help him overcome such a serious thing, I think that an addiction problem in a minor is more treatable than in an adult, because the older adult has more freedoms and access to what a minor does not he has it, so in part he is more old-fashioned, and this means that the learning he takes for now will serve him for his adult life and he does not make mistakes like that.

One of the major role of the family members mostly with the parents is to guide their children because they have the most experience if their children see the same situation that's why and also it is good to have their guidance regarding with it if there's nothing I guess it is the problem with the parents too what are the cons of playing gambling, because upon a child developing with the environment they see those things as normal which is reality is no.

Every environment in which children develop must be different. Children with wealth and without proper guidance can imitate bad habits from their fathers or adults in their lives.
It is not entirely the fault of the parents when the child makes such a mistake. Adolescents certainly have associations with friends who sometimes cannot be controlled by their parents.
I'm sure everyone has taught a lesson. parents and children living among the rich, who cares about the money they spend?
This is indeed bad behavior for a child. but this is a picture of the children of the rich. maybe we would feel it too if we were in that position. parents with busy businesses, and children who are looking for their identity.

Perhaps the best advice if your child has started to get involved in online gambling is just not to spare your time and sit next to him at the computer and give at least some comments on his game.  It is clear that for you it is usually boring and uninteresting.  But getting the child out of this dangerous addiction is much more important.  Of course, this is advice for young children, not very suitable for teenagers.  And gradually, with your comments, it is worth taking the child away from the game, imposing on him the idea that this game is not very interesting.  Then another game.  And so on until he gets tired of playing. 

But this advice may not work for everyone.
 I think psychologists know better than me what parents should do. 
If someone faced this problem, write here how it was solved.

Maybe the trick is to get your child out of his room or in front of his computer and do something related to physical and mental activity so they can move and think about what they should do. It won't be easy because they will try to reject it with the excuse of being busy but we still have to try it for their good. With more and more we spend time with children doing physical activities, they will not think about touching their computer for a certain time because they already feel like interacting with other people and it turns out to be more fun.

But this is just an example and there may be other ways to help children get out of gambling without resorting to violence.

I agree. If your child begins to withdraw from you and spends all day at the computer, this could be a sign that something is wrong. If you see changes in behavior, such as mood swings and irritability, this can also be an indicator of addiction. It's important for parents to pay attention to their children and take a hard look at what they're doing.
 
So the best way to get children out the if red zone of gambling will be patience, communication and understanding. The main thing is not to panic. Do not hit the limit, but do not give up either. Try to talk to him frankly, find out what attracts him to gambling and why he likes it, what the reasons are for his interest in the game and what he thinks about it. It is not necessary to impose a ban on him, but talk about it openly, discuss all the consequences that can come from such activity and try to give him your point of view on this issue.

Also, it is necessary to think and talk with your children about many things, as much as possible and more often. Familiarize yourself with the current trends, because the more you know about it and the rules of these games, the easier it will be for you to recognize gambling addiction in your children. This is the best way to help your child get out of this situation quickly, without causing him any unnecessary stress. The idea is not to make him feel guilty or ashamed, but to explain that gambling is a dangerous activity for his age and it can lead to serious problems. You must be calm and firm in your approach, because if you start arguing or shouting at him, he will simply tune out.

Nowadays its really hard to distract them on what they are doing which they could really make out some alibi that they've been studying or any reasons that is related into their school which do ends up for you to
to agree and let them do on what they are currently doing which means that they do really have the free time for them to engage on things which you arent expecting them to do.
Parenting is never been easy even you do your best on guiding them on the right way on which there are really ways which you do really able to miss out
on watching or monitoring everything.

I think it also has to do with competitiveness. Many societies tend to generate and encourage competition rather than collaboration. It is much easier to compete than to collaborate and that also leads to some initial betting at early ages - I bet that I am faster, I bet that I can do whatever better than you,... If that becomes a habit I think it may be a problem in the long term.

This is a good idea but it is something that needs to be practiced from a very early age, parents due to all the responsibilities they have these days do not have the time to be with their children as much as they would like, and they use smartphones, computers and video games to keep their kids entertained from a very early age, but once they grow up it will be almost impossible to convince them to do without them as they would have spent most of their lives with those devices, which is something that is increasing the possibilities of kids getting addicted to gambling at an earlier age.

Yes, it's not easy to distract them but we as parents can still try to give an explanation to them so that they don't go wrong and don't do something that can make their lives difficult in the future. Even though they argue that what they are doing is related to their school, it will not make them do it for days and surely they will also have free time doing nothing. That's when we can invite them to do something that has nothing to do with their daily activities so that it will distract them temporarily. This is intended to provide space so that they are not too often alone in their rooms and busy with what they are doing.

If parents can take responsibility for their children by being with them without using gadgets, this can create a close relationship between parents and children. Their children will feel that their parents are near them and can tell much about their lives. If you start getting used to it from an early age, I don't think children will feel lonely, especially if they've grown up and won't have any difficulties when they hang out with their friends. In addition, we also see that children in today's era are addicted to using gambling and we also may not know whether some of them often play gambling secretly.

Nowadays people get easily influenced by social media because we know how those people makes an advertisement how much money they earn in playing gambling and of course because of having a boring life inside the house due to covid reasons some of them want to seek some entertainment and fun in their life so that's why they caught their attention why not to take some time to play gambling nothing will too much happen because they have some spare money in their accounts and by that if they lose control that's the time they are getting addicted even their children see those playing of gambling.

Regarding this, there is an article that is quite important I think to read, the title of the article is a Parent's Guide to Risks and Prevention. You can read it at the link I put below. I think, the article is very complete as a guide to read.

https://www.zdnet.com/article/childhood-gambling-a-parents-guide-to-risks-and-prevention/ (https://www.zdnet.com/article/childhood-gambling-a-parents-guide-to-risks-and-prevention/)

Parents already know the possibility if their child already expose into the gambling activities still the ideal thing to do is have a proper guidance to their children that this kind of thing is just for entertainment also because they have a chance they take this as serious matter like earning money and not doing work anymore and also can cause the addiction to actively playing even though they get debt just to satisfied themselves to play.

Addiction is not good both for a minor or an adult. Everything is supposed to be done in moderation. Be it drinking, clubbing or gambling. Even if you are doing good thing, your goodness should also be moderated so that people won't take undue advantage of you.

Taking care of their children is the duty of parents until they are adults and even many parents still take care of their children after they grow up. And if parents can accompany their children well and not set a bad example, they can hope that their children will not do anything bad.

And if their kids start to get addicted, it will be a tough task for the parents to help them out of the problem. Parents should always accompany their child who is experiencing addiction so that his child can understand that he is not alone in solving his addiction.

over time, our human thoughts will definitely form by themselves (all humans experience that) if we don't guide them then the impact on their future is really big, I can't imagine my kids becoming gambling addicts in the future, it will definitely hurt my heart.

Children have become attached to their parents since they were born, even animals guide their children to be able to live independently. Parents who don't guide their children in a good direction can be said to be failed parents.

I will continue to guide my children even when they are married later, I have given a lot of sweat-money-time-sacrifice for them, if they become criminals or gambling addicts, I am clearly guilty.

While an addiction at any point of our lives is always bad it is even more damaging when the person is young, and this is because at the time your brain is not fully developed yet, and this could cause that person huge problems in their current and future development as a person, it is because of this that we need to keep children away from gambling at all costs, because even if I like to gamble I began as an adult and I do so responsibly, so I do not suffer from any kind of side-effects due to my gambling hobby.

By providing good guidance to our children, they can think with good and continue to try to do good things and leave bad things because we have taught them how to live a good life. And when they are invited to play gambling, they can certainly refuse it and leave those who invite them to play because they know the bad consequences of gambling.

Yes, it's better if we continue to guide them even though they are adults and even if they are married because if we teach like that, they will also give full attention to their children later. And it will continue to be done by the next generation.

nice article thanks for sharing it here. in that article I read that the dangers of gambling at a young age have become a serious problem in many countries and to be honest it makes me quite worried

Currently, many children are stuck with gambling because they have friends who invite them, so pay attention to your child's friends too, don't let them keep their friendship at a young age, they become gambling addicts

For those mid to low status of family financial position then you would definitely notice those spendings compared into those who do earn millions of dollars which you would most likely be neglecting or doesnt watch

out most of the time on how your children been spending their money but its true that a guardians or parents advises and guidance would really be always significant.Young minds do usually lost off their track

considering on having lots of disturbances and other distractions around which they can be easily get inspired and attached to it later on.This is why parenting does play a great role.
Although it might not really be taking the whole blame since there are children which is really that stubborn even if they are been raised well.

parents nowadays are mostly unable to advise their children about gambling because they themselves do it, if you want your child to listen to your words then don't do the things you forbid

there is no way your child will underestimate your words if they see your good behavior, it's all cause and effect. Even if you are a gambling player, hide it as much as possible from your children, especially those who are still small

Aside from parents engaged in gambling activities, many parents are too busy with their personal career and let the handling and teaching of their kids to the hired nanny or guardian.


Kids originally look up to their parents and admire them for whatever example they set.  Kids also respect their parents and often listen to their parents' advise but when kids' saw that their parents are lying to them, this trust, admiration and respect will slowly rot away every time their parents lie to them.

So as a parent it is our responsibility to set good examples to the kid.  If we want to maintain their trust and respect to us, we must be a good example for them and stay true to our words and promises.

There are no other people that will correct the children and wants the best for them but only their parents. The first to correct them are their parents and they're the reflection of how they've been grown by them. Being a good example is what must be shown to them and your way of parenting will reflect when your children grow up. The hardest part is that even if you're considered a good parent but when your kid has his own way and has grown up already as a man or woman, they have their way and free will of how they do it on their own.

i am agree as parents we must show good example to our children ,althoug we were gamblers but we must give them knowledge about the disadvantages about gambling.  Our child will duplicate our behaviour so show them the best behaviour one ,let gambling be our own habbit. Maybe teach them.about trading and its knowledge would better than gambling.

It can be the mother of the minor, or someone else he/she is living with, not necessarily their father. It can be their therapist, or an online influencer even. Minors should know that gambling is for adults only. And like all other adults-only things they can be harmful for minors in many ways.

Yes, and I must say it's a circle, so if we wanted to break it, then we shouldn't let our children know that we are gambling so that they won't be curious about it. But on the other hard, there is this one part that could influence our kids as well, it's the environment. For sure they are not home 24x7 and we can't be always at their side. And so we should always monitor them, call them to see where they are specially at night and not in the companions of some that is going into casinos or gambling den.

It's not bad that children are taught about learning about trading, about everything that means sales, purchases, earn by buying, earn by selling, sometimes I don't even know when to buy or when to sell, that's a science for me that you need a lot of time to be able to study, this is something that takes many years, some who have a lot of money lose a lot, others who eat with little money and manage to make profits, but trading is not easy, for me it has a lot to do with good luck, because if you do things very well with the analysis, it can still change everything and you lose, no matter how good an analysis is done.

At the right time, explain to them that gambling isn't for them. It's okay to let them understand what gambling is but not at their young age.
As a parent, we must encourage them to do other things like having fun and playing with their friends the traditional games that we know or be focused on their studies. Even if we are gamblers, we still need to teach them to be the better them and won't allow to copy what we do.

That means you are a good parent. That's great. It's only sad that there are still parents who don't care about their children. It can be because their children are too stubborn and it seems impossible for them to be disciplined or it can be the parent are too busy on something like drinking alcohol and gambling but if this was the case then the children are the one who will try to help their parent.

If we are sure that we guide our kids from the start till they became a teenager then that must be enough. Our kids will soon learn how to live on their own. You know, having their own family but they will surely follow the good things that you taught to them.

Gambling is just like a very strong addiction which is very hard to leave. It is like a spirit that keep telling us to keep doing a particular thing and if we don't control ourselves, it's going to get to an extent where it will be very hard to stop. Gambling affecting both the parent and the children looks like a trait that is gotten from the parent.

You know children are more interested and attracted to what they see which is the reason why they have higher chances to copy form what they see everyday especially from their parent. This is normal and is what children tend to do especially when they are seeing it everyday.

And that is the problem these days, even if you were to give the best example possible to your kids the influence parents hold these days on their kids is extremely limited, they care way more about what their friends are doing and what they watch in the different social media platforms than whatever advice they can receive from their parents.

So even if you do everything right your kid can still end up making a serious mistake and involve himself in gambling at an early age, and since it is known that the earlier a person develops addiction issues the more difficult it is to leave them behind then it becomes imperative to always check on your kids and make sure they are not getting in trouble behind your back.

Well, it really is a problem. Personally, when I was little, I had a friend who practically had everything in terms of luxuries, what it cost me to have in 1 year asking for it at home, the boy had it quickly because his father I pleased him in everything, obviously his senses opened up faster, he entered certain things that were very difficult for me, even with Decembers they spent a lot of money and obviously at that time they did not have an online casino, but if they told me that they had access to casino games because of their father, their father had so much power that in the casinos he went to they did not tell him anything, now I think that things are very different, because the children who belong to millionaires have access to their cards of credit and through there they can do many things.


Yes, you are right, the interests of children should not go in the direction of games of chance, in fact when a son of mine sees me playing in a casino through the PC (usually in slots) they know very well that this is with money that I have to lose, and that I do not recommend casino games for children because it is something very dangerous, that when they are adults there they can do it, but in the meantime they learn about other things, about routines, I make them think about possible combinations, you have to get something out of everything to take advantage of them and develop their intelligence, that's a very good strategy.


Good to teach gambling to an adolescent or child, perhaps it is rather that one as a parent teaches them to have control in this type of case, not to bet, because in part that is something very delicate, one as a parent can have self-control, but a child or adolescent does not see the game as something that is done responsibly, maybe they can see it as fun and as something they can do and earn a lot of money, but they do not worry about what they can spend, and that's where a child should always have the guidance of a parent or parents when he gets into a pc and the internet, because he cannot have control of the entire child alone.

When someone first starts gambling he doesn't think that he will fall into a big addiction. Then he goes there to get an experience. And to get extra pleasure they start playing extra gambling and thus he falls into a big addiction.  But it mostly occurs in young people.  And if a child sees his parent gambling, he tends to gamble more . So parents should be careful first then their children will be careful

What did you mean the parents should be careful first? it mean the parents shouldn't gamble at all? gambling is supposed to be fun and not for chasing money. Children or young people need to be teach and learn about money management and both disadvantage and advantage about gambling. This will make them to know what's the reason to gamble and when it's a right time/situation to gamble.

It all depends on the player or the gambler because even though they play gambling with a minimum wage but their children saw these while they are growing they think it is just normal, that's why it is better to play gambling without your children seeing you because there's a chance they adopt this kind of habit at the same time if you are a responsible gambler like having a limit to yourself and just play gambling as satisfaction and fun and not kind of source of income. Once their children discover this kind of gambling activity ideal is to teach them that this is just a fun not part of the daily lives because not all the time gambling is the key to earn money.

Being a father you should be a good model to your children, they do what they see what their parents do. In their eyes as long as their parents are doing it, it is okay. I grew up in a family that gambles a lot and my family even hosted small casino tables secretly in our backyard when I was little. Even if that's the case I didn't grow up as a hard-core gambler, I learned from what I see from my grandparents and aunts. Even my uncle who had worked in a casino tells us never to gamble because you will never win against them.

If ever my child learns to gamble, I will not be against it. As long as I provide them guidance on how to moderate gambling, never to make it a habit, and never get addicted to it. I don't want to influence my children in a bad way. Gambling is an addicting activity and it can ruin your life, family and even you financially.

What do you mean by the word guide? Giving hints and advices? Or controlling kids whole life? Also, what do you mean under "good direction" ? All people are different, they have different religions for example. What for one person is good, for other might be unacceptable.

I agree that parents are responsible for deeds of their kids during whole life. But after my kids turn 18, I will continue to support them, but I wont be demanding. That is their life, I respect that and I dont want them so spend their life like I want they should do. Otherwise they will never grow up.

Of course I have taught my kids what gambling is. But I did not stress on if gambling is good or bad. I just showed both sides of consequences (poor and luxurious life) of gambling. If my kids will want to connect their life with gambling. Well, its their choice, their life. If they succeed, I would be happy. If they fail, I will understand it and support in hard times. But I have told them, that I am not going to be their piggy bank during their whole life.

Maybe it means that parents are allowed to gamble with good self-control so that large amounts of money are not lost. And if parents want to gamble, they should hide it and not gamble in front of their children so that the children will not think that gambling is okay. Parents must tell their children that gambling is not good; if the parents do not gamble, the children will not try to gamble either. But I think even though children or teenagers are taught about money management, losses and gains, they are still unstable so if they lose many times, their young blood will be turbulent and make them want to recover their losses.

Humans learn by imitating what they see, so if kids see their parents smoke, drink or use drugs then there is a high chance they will do so as well in the future, and the same is true for gambling, and while I am in favor of legalizing gambling and allow anyone that is an adult to gamble this does not extend to kids, so parents need to be very careful about the image they project to their kids, because if it is the wrong image then their kids could grow up believing gambling at such an early age is a good thing when we know it is not.

What you say is true because the habits of parents will be imitated by children if it is often done transparently, even though parents hide their gambling activities does not mean their children are not involved in gambling.
because nowadays online gambling is very widespread in all social media, games or others that advertise online gambling and can be done without the knowledge of parents.
so the most important thing for me is never to be bored to tell children that it is wrong or not good and limit and always control when using gadgets and if parents like to gamble should really keep it a secret from children.

By careful I mean every father should gamble carefully. His gambling should not be revealed at least to his child because if a child comes to know that his father gambles then that child will follow his father and start gambling himself.  It is called inheritance. I'm not saying that no parents should ever gamble

When it comes to online gambling, this is quite difficult to do.  Until the child is very young, for example, up to 8 years old, when he goes to bed early, it is still possible if the father plays at a late time when the child is sleeping.  And if the child is older, then he will definitely know that his father plays online games and will also be interested. 
Here the father has only two options - either not to play at home at all, but only somewhere else, or not to play at all.

If any member of a family is gambling then the chances of young children of that family getting involved in gambling is also high. In this case, the parents of the family must take responsibility so that the minor does not get involved in gambling. Additionally, various casino sites currently do not allow minors.

Would it be better, if children from early age understand the whole path of a gambler and being addicted? To test everything on their own skin. Would it better if they gamble and lose in childhood, that when they turn adult, they would already have experience. I mean, when they are kids, they cant make as big fails as they make while being adults. Isnt it better for kid to lose lunch money and learn the lesson, than to lose a monthly salary at the age of 40 ?

As online gambling does not require any specific location one can play it anywhere and anytime so It is certainly possible to gamble alone with someone's eyes peeled.  And it is not difficult for every father to gamble alone with his child out of sight . so I couldn't agree with you because it can only be played with a small smartphone

Of course not, especially if they have started gambling early because it only triggers gambling addiction when they start growing up. If they were kids, they could have had a losing experience in gambling and we don't know what the effect would be. Maybe we can teach them a lesson about how dangerous gambling is, but not try to play gambling because their young age still can't control their emotions. When they grow up, they should be able to understand why their parents used to say that gambling could lead to bankruptcy so they would never try it.

I understand that you are referring to "learning by experience". But think of it... what if these minors are not yet disciplined and feeling responsible for any money that they use regardless if they own it or not (from parents/guardian).
It would not be a good learning experience. So better to have a proactive and reactive solution to this one. Imagine if they use hundred of thousands of their parent's funds.

Why not  gamble at all, it is better as a parent to be a role model if we are about to tell our kids to not gamble at all.  It is very disappoint for kids to know their parents is gambling despite the fact that these same parents told them that gambling isn't good.  As a parent if we are engaging in gambling activities, I think we don't need to hide that we are gambling to our children, all we need is to talk to them and explain everything, why they shouldn't gamble and when they are permitted to engage in gambling activity.


Minors need proper guidance else they will think that what they are doing  is right, besides minor's emotion isn't as stable as adult and is less matured in facing problems created by to much gambling activities.

Actually if this do really comes into this point where they had already been using thousands of dollars then it would really be on their parents responsibility or simply we could say that they are really that irresponsible

because parents or guardians should really be having that control on how their kids would be spending up money.Even though lets say that they are millionaires but control and discipline should really be there.

Well, each of us does have its own parenting way but it cant really be avoided that you could really make out some reactions on how others been handling up their kids.
They do have the money but with improper handling and discipline it would really be creating lots of problems later on.

no matter how genius a child is born, at first, he or she needs guidance from parents about what is good and what he or she should not do, their concept of thinking has not been formed.


Rich parents mostly think that money is what their children need since childhood, so they are busy looking for and collecting money while their child's growth is not a concern, children who grow up in families who don't pay attention will usually grow up to be irresponsible, many drug addicts and even addict gamblers grew up from such families.

Yeah, it's called as Golden Age where a child is really need guidance from their parents in order to build their character in the future. Without a good parenting at their golden age, you will regret in the future if you see your child isn't grow like your expectation.

It's very dilemma for the parents, money is very important to make them survive and get a better life, but at the same time parenting is really important too since children is really need it. IMO work from home is really good in this case, you can work and still can see your children on your home.

Human character is a great asset. Money is needed on the way in life. Sometimes it is also said that money is the meaning of life. But character should never be sacrificed for that money. As money gives man everything he wants, it also induces him in various ways. Gambling or any other activity requires adequate knowledge for proper use of one's money. And even for this enlightenment he has to use his child hood age. In this case, it is necessary to take care of the parents for his child.

Kids can be limited with "use their own money the way they want". Of course if they add their parents credit card to online casino that will end really bad, but if they first get their own money (lunch money, xmas presents, change for example) then why not let them gamble?

This whole case will end with endless discussions; such as "the more you forbit something, the more kids will want to test it" and "situation when a person just ended a college, and during trying to get work, employer ask for an experience".

I've played card games or monopoly with my kids. We have even used real money as a reward for a winner. That is sort of a gambling. Even if they win or lose, they are not that much interested in gambling to connect their whole life with it.

I think this is true for small children, for those kids that that still in the age when they respect their parents and want to copy them. Adolescents usually hate the things their parents are doing, and after twenty most men and women lead a lifestyle that is completely different from their parents'.

So, this is especially important to not expose your children to gambling while they are in a very young age, while they still want to copy your actions. Don't do that. It is as bad as giving your small kids drugs or alcohol.

Here is a sample experiment that shows parents has great influence in gambling activity of their kids.

Source: https://harmreductionjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12954-017-0136-3

So I think no matter how parents hide their gambling activity to their children, once their kids discover that their parents is engage in gambling, there is a huge chance that the kids will also involve in gambling activity. 


I think it depends on the kind of parents they had.  I never hate what my parents had done when I was an adolescent.  In fact, I admire them for their hard work and understanding.  I think the only thing teen ager hates about their parents is being strict.  But then it can be communicated.

Playing gambling as part of their daily lives is only for rich people because they can afford to have multiple games but to those who are just in the middle class and lower seeing gambling is part of the daily routine is not ideal to think it is just like wasting their money as an exchange for their daily sustainability for living, with this case does not matter too much because they have tons of money.

Not all grow up irresponsible on those rich families but its likely that they are really that prone into those situation if we do speak into their children.Just as i said that parenting does play a great role on raising up a children and it doesnt matter if you are rich or not.It wont really be a standard on how to make your children grow on the right path.

Its true that it might easy or simple to say on doing that but if you are really that minding about your children on getting those good values and right decisions in life then
as a parent, you should really be a good example to theirs.

In speaking with financial handling then you should be responsible on not to make to loose on giving all easily.Everything should be always in moderation.

Wait... I seems not to totally agree with this very statement of yours, because i kind not no understand why people always try to hype the idea why most people always hyped the idea why a father who had kids can not gamble. Because I'm pretty sure with the use of smartphones, tablet and laptops a father can easily gamble without influencing his kids, because if you could observe, fathers barely spend most times with kids, and gambling on a smartphone takes nothing less than barely 2-3 hours to place a bet

The use of smartphones or other devices does not limit anyone, even a father still has time to gamble after he has to prioritize his activities with children, but he only uses his free time to gamble in online casinos anywhere and anytime, his father hides gambling activities from his son because to avoid his son imitating him to open a gambling application on his father's smartphone and his son is not yet worthy to know about gambling at a restricted age.

Views on gambling are ever changing and there is no one-size-fits-all approach to it. What's more, there is a lot of debate about how parents can keep children safe and away from potential harm and addiction. I really agree with you because I'm pretty sure with the use of smartphones then a father can easily gamble without influencing his kids. But I also think that most fathers would like to spend more time with their kids if they could. In order to keep kids safe, we should take time to know them and spend time with our children to have a better understanding of what is happening in their lives. Some children are attracted by gambling so, it is the responsibility of the parents to make their kids understand that gambling is much like an addiction that shouldn't be taken lightly.

In fact what is happening this world shows that gambling is mostly done by middle to low economy class people because they want to make money from it. Real rich people usually do not gamble much especially if they become rich due to hard work, it is because they are aware how hard their effort to be rich. Real rich people will not waste their hard earned money for gambling.

To follow on this statement, rich people may gamble to enjoy but not to the point to go all in and expect to win huge, speaking
about those rich people who know how to value their hard-earned money.

Maybe there are some rich people who mismanaged their money but it's not the majority, rich people who earn their money from
setting up business are busy to continue making money.

They will not invest their time just to gamble unlike with low to mid people who mostly aiming to have a quick profit.

People are always comparing the lifestyle of the multi rich people to middle class people. The man in question in this post gambled with 5 million dollars,  this should tell you that he is not in the category of ordinary people.
Someone who gambled with 5 million dollars how much does he want to win? and the child that is under age gambled with 50,000 dollars this shows that these people are not middle class people and we should stop comparing them with everyday people in gambling .

This is strange as rich people will not do gambling because they know they will lose money, although they have enough money to lose and still they can survive. On the other hand, middle and low income classes do not have much money with them still they will want to gamble and lose that money. Yes, there is a hope that they can make big money out of gambling but that just does not happen every day.

Also, i believe the kids and children of rich people are more involved in gambling as they have the money to gamble and they never knew how hard it was for their parents to earn this money. Rich people motive of gambling is to get entertainment and nothing else.

Gambling is a very serious addiction. Those who have indulged in this addiction have never been able to improve their family. Pushed into ruin in their own lives. I have met many people who once had a lot of money but today they are completely destitute due to their bad gambling habit. There is no capital left to go on. I will always give good advice to our children to never indulge in these drugs.  Because all this gambling is completely bad and vice is an addiction.Giving them a good future and a good life is the responsibility of every parent.

Gambling isn't drugs, both of them are different. People are use drugs because they want to escape from the reality for a while or don't want to be tired if they have so many activities to do, while gambling is the purpose is to get fun, but there's many people only to chase winning and make them become addicts. How you can sure your children wouldn't drugs even though you're already gave him good advice? you can't know what your children will do after he get older and especially he met a toxic friend.

I don't how weird comparison we can make like seriously drugs and gambling can be same? Based on addiction we can't make this useless comparison because drugs can finish your life and cause damage to your health even if you take them once and gambling is for entertainment purposes from which you can have chance of winning but what does drugs offer in return? Your life shortening? They are entirely different things and drugs is worst scenario in which you should ever fall and avoid it completely in my opinion.

That is why parents are advised to do or behave well at home whenever their children are at home. Parents are not advised to do anything that is not good in the house. But as for gambling people view it differently. Some see gambling as a bad thing while some see it as a good thing, so if parents see gambling as good thing they would even encourage their children to play it. While the families which see gambling as a bad thing warn their wards not to play gambling. But as me gambling is not a bad but how to control the emotion is the main issue in gambling.

Even though the family is a millionaire or a billionaire family they have to spend their money wisely.

No matter what kind of addiction you have, whether it is gambling or drugs, both can be controlled if you are willing to do so.

I have met many people who were addicted to drugs but after a time when they realize what they are doing is, wrong they started to control themselves and quit it.

Similarly, a friend of mine was very addicted to gambling (sports betting), but when his father passed away, he realized his responsibilities, and he reduced his gambling activities. And started to support his family financially by doing a job.

So I disagree with "Those who have indulged in this addiction have never been able to improve their family."

There a different thing how do the parents will let their children grow up that's the reason there's guidance barely needed to upon growing up by the child and seeing that this kind of thing is normal in playing gambling they think it is just okay that's the reason why some of them getting addicted because it is normal thing to them because they see already in their parents activity, if you are responsible parent still it is good to let them know your child what is wrong and right so they prevent getting the same scenario as you that part of gambling habit.

Or simply we could say that there's no such thing about perfect family on which you could really see some who arent really that on a rightful on how handling and treating up family members or specially into their kids.

Same goes into those kids into their parents where even respect isnt something that you could see.Its actually depending on parenting because it all starts with that.If these things arent been applied nor handled

well since from the start or when your children is still small then you would really be able to see those significances or effects on the time that they grown up.
If you've raised up them well on a good manner where everything should be in control or something that things should be on moderation then you could make out some
comparison into those children who havent been raised up that well.

This is because gambling simply cannot be considered an acceptable permissible activity and for adults it is also only acceptable to some extent. The statistics issued from research and studies in the field of psychology tell us that a large percentage of gambling addicts have inherited this activity from one of the parents (usually the father) and one of the family members (an older brother or uncle). On this basis, gambling, like other bad habits (drinking and smoking), should not be undertaken openly in front of children until they have passed the period of adolescence and reached the age of maturity.

What happens is that when it comes to almost any knowledge we depend on receiving formal instruction about what it is expected out of us and what it is the right way to do things, when it comes to relationships we simply expect that people will learn on their own without any guidance at all, and while some do there are many people that do not, this is what causes parents to be almost strangers to their kids and eventually have almost no influence when it comes to keeping them away from gambling.

Parents should be the first teacher to guide the kids to be a better person. The kids can be easily influence on the kind of environment, the people around them and what they see as they grow up. Hence if the parents are a gambler and exposing their kids to this activity, the kid might think it's normal and will used to it. That's why the kind of person your kids will be are depending on what kind of parents you are. Kids will first learn at home thus we must guide them and don't let them see the activities that are not apporopriate for them and only meant for adult.

I agree with what @lienfaye said because if parents can guide their kids well, their kids won't try anything they shouldn't or shouldn't do. Providing proper and good guidance, their children will grow up well and not be interested in gambling. And even though their environment is diverse, their children can take care of themselves well too. Children are like white papers that can be anything, depending on how their parents can guide them. And it will all be the duty of parents to be able to teach their children properly.

That's true. Gambling should just be seen as for entertainment only. Gamblers or those that wants to try gambling should set themselves that gambling is just like this, for entertainment... and do not gamble if you cannot afford to lose what you are staking. Only use your extra funds if you are going to play. Otherwise, the experience can be really hurtful and can impact your living in a negative way.

You wouldnt really be thinking yourself on losing that much since you are depending on your parents money and been using it basing up on the situation stated on OP.As a children of said millionaire or known person

then its likely that you would really be having no problems when it comes to spending and yes, gambling is for leisure but for those who do have that capability on spending more would really be definitely looking the other
side of things which they would really be just tolerating that thing not only on gambling addiction but also into alcohol or even engaging into girls or something correlated
which this is the result if you do raise up your kids on a manner which funds or financial aspect isnt on moderated.

People are more interested in gambling because there is an easy way to lose or gain money. Here we say that gambling should be used as recreation. In this theory how much faith we have? We mostly use it for source of income. Which should never happen. Due to which it is seen that there are many gamblers who have to deposit day night. They could never control themselves in gambling.

Exactly, how parents direct their children will mostly the path that those kids will go, most of the time the parents are the one who influenced more with their kids, with proper guidance and good lesson in life, those kids will not go to this direction, I mean the chance of proceeding to gambling activities is slim.

It's more on how you take things seriously when raising your kids, right sets of ideas and good relation with them will keep them attach to all your advice, keep them near and they will always walk to that same path you wanted them to proceed.

There must be a reason on why kids rebel and won't obey their parents. It could be because their parents have done something bad in the past or like you said they are busy and they lack of time or attention for their kids but not all kids are going to remain like that forever. If parents learn to regret and admit their past mistakes then kids can too. They will realize soon that their actions are wrong and they will go back to their family and now serve their family better.

This sounds like a happy ending but it doesn't mean that we will follow it as a parent. It would still be better if we are responsible for our kids or to our actions as early as possible.

If you are a good parent then you will instinctively be able to guide your children in the right direction and teach them what to do or can not to do at a young age.

if your child sees you gambling then they gamble and you forbid it then you are a selfish parent, every child needs guidance and rebellion usually occurs because they feel they are being treated unfairly, fix yourself first as a parent, then rebellion from your child - you will not receive it.

Teaching up your kids on how to gamble is the most dumb thing for a parent could do into his children.We parents arent that dumb on not to know about the risk when you do make yourself get involved with gambling but there are some instances which your children had been exposed with some ads on the internet and when curiosity moves then this is where children do starts on engaging into something.
Not only limited on gambling but also in other things as well.

As guardians or parents then it would really be our responsibility on guiding our kids on the right path.It might not be able to perfect out but at least
we've done our part but just been said that monitoring cant really be 100% done.

You are totally irresponsible as a parent if you dont really give out some time on telling it into your children on whats the risk when you do involved with gambling.Gambling is really just for leisure and for rich people

then it would really be that significant that they could easily deal up with these things even on that uncontrolled manner but of course when we do talk about age then it wont really be guaranteing out that you could able to handle yourself well in this regards.

If you do really like for your children to go in the right path, then everything should really be in controlled manner and being aware on how things work.
So that they do know on how to interact with these kind of activities.

It's not correct, gambling isn't only for rich people, but actually gambling is for people who can manage their money and control their emotion. Even though rich people will have more money they can afford to lose, but if they keep bet with huge amount and only to chase winning to recover their previous losses. They will become rekt in the future, this will make them in trouble. This is why gambling isn't for chase winning, but for fun.

That is correct, gambling is for fun, and not for trying to get rich. And it does not matter if gambler if rich or poor. Those who gamble make bets they can afford, and they loose identically, they have similar feeling of a loss. Loosing a million for a millionaire is same as person that earns 1000 losses several hundreds.

I have taught my kid to gamble to stimulate his brain to work, to let him think over strategies, to learn basic math, to learn to bluff, to learn to be cunny. We are playing card games, monopoly, some games with chips and etc. Just basic games where no money are involved. Let my kid now basics of gambling at home, but not at a place with slots. But to be honest, I've tried playing slots with lunch money. I have never succeeded, and probably that is why it did not hook me and I got no addiction.

P.S. Congrats on receiving Legendary rank.

For family leisure purposes, we've dont this with my siblings and cousins too with their young kids.
Gambling is not entirely bad. It's not not-to gamble that you teach your children, because they'll eventually learn when they grow up especially when they become very interested in it. Instead, a parent should teach their children how to manage their money financially. So, I have to agree to the user above that gambling is for people who can manage their money very well in terms of gambling.  Otherwise, you'll get broke in no time.

That is only in theory,we all know how difficult is to manage money not only in gambling but in every sphere of life.I think this is the reason that we have sooooooooo many books on financial literacy like ; Rich dad,poor dad,The richest man in Babylon,Think and Grow rich etc.

In gambling this is even more difficult.What we should teach our children is that in gambling there is little benefit and only rarely while the damage is huge if we gamble persistently because the gambling is projected to make money to its owners,like casino owners in the long run and not to the average player.

I don't want to be a judge, with a story that happened to one of these people who was once a basketball superstars.

I'm sure, almost all members of our forum are very familiar with the name Michael Jordan, he was one of the basketball superstarts in his era. however, what is told in this thread. reminds me of another member's thread, which raised one of the roles of parental genetics in offspring.

on the other hand, I am reminded of the old saying "LIKE FATHER LIKE SON". this parable describes what happened to Michael Jordan and his son Marcus Jordan. with the financial ability he has, spending this amount of money, is normal for him, as well as his son.

I guess what happened to his son was none other than what his father did. the child, has the privilege of the billionaire father. in other words, I have no answer to what this Marcus Jordan did. because after all, it was his father who gave him the privilege.

I think we have the same thoughts about the son of the billionaire, anyone wouldn't be surprised if he spent $50k a night and I think that's just pocket money used for his needs. Based on the article states that Micheal Jordan has a net worth of $1.6 billion, so I don't need to explain anything about the amount of money his son spent.

But regarding the conclusion, if we are asked how strict the parents are if you are positioned in the status of a billionaire and you have a habit of gambling, so will you forbid your son to gamble and will limit the money given to your son?
I would say yes, he is not yet worthy of gambling with adults and he should be in an age appropriate environment, but when he is an adult he will determine his own future and I as a parent will prioritize providing support for his future goals.

The good thing about money management is that it can be taught at a very early age, you can teach your kids about how to manage the allowance that you give them each day or week and how to use it more effectively, and while the amount of money will be on the small side they will learn how to try to get the most out of their money. and this is a habit which will remain with them, a habit which is very useful as this will allow them to be ahead of their peers and get the same assets but for a lower cost.

That's nothing compared to how much his dad is earning and for sure MJ knows about it and the way he's letting things to happen might be because of his personal experienced, he is allowing his son to experience it and let him learn to be responsible, as per my own take here, such amount is nothing for the Jordan clan, they just treat it as normal luxury expense and let it go.

But in terms of how parenting even I'm a billionaire I won't allow it as there are many other things in life my son can spend his money
then enjoy it away from any gambling activities.

It would be better to teach children about money management at a very early age so that they can learn to manage their finances well. And if they can do it, their finances will be more organized, and maybe they will have a better life than ours. And as parents, we certainly will be happy if we see our children happy, and they can also teach the goodness we have taught them. This will be more effective for them in managing their finances than teaching them about things they don't really need in life. If this can be successful for them, who knows, they can also teach the same thing to their friends.

By the way, one of the aspects of such training is obviously separate lessons on how to manage capital in case the child decides to gamble with money that he got from his parents. 
This is where the father himself or, for example, the older brother, should sit next to the computer and make sure that the child does not make stupid bets and from childhood get used to prudence and calculation of his capabilities.  But of course, it is better that he plays such games as little and as little as possible and begins to try games in his later adolescence. 
I think that now almost all teenagers go through such games.  And it would be nice if they would not become gamers.  It's up to the parents to keep an eye on this.

If parents or older brothers try to teach money management in gambling, I don't think it will be easy because we see that children are still unstable and can be provoked by emotions to spend all their money in one round. They can do this without their parents or older brother knowing, especially if they are often alone and busy using their cell phones. Parents don't need to show children betting sites because they are more curious than adults. That can trigger them to take a closer look at the site, and maybe they will register themselves to look into the site. In the end, they can easily ask their parents for money for other purposes when they use the money to gamble without their parents knowing.

Well this is something that can have a lot of impact, I am a person who really likes it when they publish their earnings in the threads, especially at stake.com where I have seen that there are great earnings, because with earnings of that style you can solve not one but several lives, this is something that eventually always happens at stake.com, just like I've seen at duelbits, at bitcasino.io, and if I can't deny that this is like an incentive, it's like an additional motivation that you have, then all these things together can make a person much more interested in the game and want to do great feats, of course skipping all addiction options.


Well as we all know, children have to be taught the value of money and that money is earned with the sweat of their brows, sometimes there are parents who have very good purchasing power and are allowed to give their children everything, but you also have to let them know that things are obtained according to the effort that has been made, sometimes it is a mistake to make things so easy for children, and guidance should always be a right that every child should always have, and the responsibility of their parents so that their children are formed as good people and always value the things that they can give them.

Those who are billionaires will have different means of spending their money. They will be addicted to different drugs.Because they have no account of money. They will be addicted to gambling. Sometimes they win twice or three times as much as they lose from gambling.But the question here is that it is not right to be addicted to gambling without being an adult. In my opinion if I am a millionaire I will never give all this to my children I will never indulge in all these activities. When the time comes for your destruction, you will suffer from various means. If you want to go well in life, you have to focus on different aspects.One thing to remember is that the wheel of fortune is not always the same. That can certainly change.

Inside their young minds, being an explorer might harm them. They are more curious, just like what you said they can be provoked to go all in or yolo all their money in one round, putting them in regrets and wanted to play for more. It's difficult to control such kind of behaviors as even us adult are also prone to mismanage our funds while playing inside gambling.

It's best not to let your kids be left alone. Always be a good example and guide them towards their journey in life.

Be the parents/guardians that always know how to understand and are willing to help in case something wrong happens by any chance.

What can I say? You've got great parents then, hard working to support you, and understanding, and that is also the support any teenager needs. After all, they weren't gambling addicts, were they?

But that's just your case. You are lucky, mate. Your parents served as a good example for you. In so many cases I know, kids survived only because they were doing the opposite to what there parents were doing. And I mean gambling addiction in the first place. Kids from such families don't want to even hear about gamling, let alone engage with it.

Addiction has no age. Wether you are an adult or not, everything which is too much should be stopped. Privillege indeed has many sides; you can use it as an advantage in life or it may consume you as an individual to be too comfortable with life and with lacking responsibility of different things. In this case, parents themselves are guilty of what happened to their child but let's end it that way. As long as they are aware between right and wrong, behaviors can still be changed for a better. If rehabilitation would be needed then so be it, because if nothing will be done in order to stop a behavior expect the worst such as leaving them all with empty-handed or them being uncomfortable with life without this activity which hooked them up.

That's just sad reality. Sometimes curiousity will put you at risk from trying different things outside what is being thought inside a home. To experience something new is good but make sure you'd get through it. If not seeking help or providing the help to other people who you think are struggling to get out of such activities, will also do.

If it is on gambling, then it is clearly very bad to continue without realizing what the effect will be in the long term.

Demographics is probably the reason why a child is free to do anything beyond his parents' control when he is 18+. In my country gambling is still the reason why you are said to be a bad person to be guided, obviously this is the norm in society which may differ from country to country. But whatever it is, I don't think it's a big deal for the billionaires out there to be afraid of because they might really want to see their kids enjoy a life of luxury or whatever.

I guess the saying "to each their own" applies to this scenario as I can relate to both of you as I also don't have such great parents however each family is not the same. While some families' parents will protect and support their children, but some don't and will never want to be just like their parents.

Just as I've said, I can relate to both scenarios as I never want to be with someone just like one of my parents but can consider myself being with one of them. I also, don't have a good parent to have an example to but I'll try to be survived on my own and be someone that I want.

It is certainly a problem to raise children when you do not have enough money to cover the basics or if you are constantly having to look for alternatives to do so and have no security for the future. However, I think it must be also be quite hard to educate children that pretty much can have whatever they want and whenever they want. It is so easy for them to become shitheads, including gambling like stupids.

When a child gets provoked for what has happened, they tend to move unconsciously and can immediately place bets in larger amounts than before. This also happens to some adults. Their unstable emotions will also prompt them to continue playing gambling.

Being a parent who always accompanies their children in living their lives is very important because we want to see them happy and can also do the same for their children later. What we teach them will be passed on to their children, and if this has become a habit, we can feel the joy of seeing our descendants become responsible children for their lives and their families later.

For father, I can say that he can gamble out his money according to his wish as he knows what he is doing due to his experience. Also, that particular money belongs to him, so we can't impose any restrictions upon him for spending his own money, but as far as they're concerned, teaching the value of money to the children is significant. Also, as per Nevada's state laws, he was underage and legally isn't allowed to drink and gamble, so he was not supposed to do that; the responsibility lies with the parents to prevent him from performing any illegal activity.

I agree to that, being responsible kids and a parent in the future is a joy to us being their parents, knowing that they are being guided the right way, especially if we apply it with gambling, if we are able to guide our kids the right way they will not involve to these activities that much, if we give them a chance to experience but not to leave them doing it alone.

It's good to know that they will also bring the same thing when they are already in the situation like ours now.


Getting your point, the limitation is still needed to serve as good guidance to our kids, maybe yes it is their right to spend the money to whatever they wanted but it's still possible for us to direct them to a proper usage of their money, it will lead them to become responsible person, valuing the money is what we can guide them to prevent our kids abusing their freedom.

Parents can become a positive example or a negative one, however it is way easier to learn from parents which provide a positive example as the only thing you need to do is to imitate them, however when it comes to learning to not engage in the same behaviors they exhibit, this is way harder, as at first you need to recognize why what they are doing is wrong and then find the inner strength to resist the temptation to do the same, which is why we see so many kids which repeat the same mistakes their parents made.

Thanks mate, appreciate it.

Do you think any parents who live in a big city will want to move to village in order to raise their kid? I don't think so, money is more important then child for them, so if they move to village, they can't work in big city again. It's make sense since bad financial is worse than kid grow without his parents.

At least they still can hire an assistant or babysitter in order to teach and raise their kids.

The problem for something like this is when we as parents can teach it but we also can't apply it to ourselves, obviously this will be the real problem.
Reflecting on the case given by the OP about Michael Jordan and Marcus Jordan, it is clear that the behavior of parents' lives also affects it because if parents have hedonistic traits then indeed their children will not be far from it even though the child is taught to know the value of money and look for it. quite difficult. Because this kind of education would be better accompanied by examples of parental behavior, not just saying theory, but parents managing and wasting money badly.

Plus with having the modern and technology today on which most of our works and businesses could really be done via mobile phone or computer then we do seldom talk nor monitor with our children.

Yes, its true that it is really our responsibility as a parent on guiding our children into the right direction but due to circumstances like work or business then it cant really be avoided which we cant
really be able to monitor our children and it is one of the main problems that we do have today.

We cant just trust up these things on a nanny or other guardian.So we should really be thinking up on how we do raise up our children.

^Definitely right and you should be their mirror, as a good example during parenting, our child will surely have a good result and probably this was not shown with Michael Jordan to his child Marcus Jordan, instead, he spoiled it, and even though it is not good he still supporting it.
Sometimes I am thinking that probably that is how way rich people treat their loved ones, they are so much busy and don't have time to watch their children during parenthood, and giving money is the only way to show their love and now become the worst which is wasting money.

I agree with you that one is supposed to take care of one's children education. I believe part of the problem is that parents in order to keep their children distracted introduce them too early to the internet, so they can stay calm watching anything on YouTube or even Twitch. In the end, in many occasions the internet is what ends up raising the child.
I believe not everyone is suitable to raise a child and should not have one if they are not willing to raise them properly.

Also, it depends on the context and culture, when I visited my family some states away, it was common to see teens and pre-teen playing lottery and cards and parents had no problem, much gambling back then in that hood.

Your family is really religious. We respect this since we know gambling is also banned in religious countries, which all of us should respect and not say anything about. You should follow what is good for you and your family and not get tempted by it. I am hopeful that you can prevent yourself from committing sin. My parents are allowing me to gamble, but they will still give me advice not to overdo it so that I can still control my losses.

Bad kids can be raised anywhere, either in the village or in the city as long as they don't get the good parenting they need. A child can be given out to a village and end up being abused and grow up with that mentality, get the wrong impression of people around them and use that sense to communicate with people and the same goes for the city too. However, I think the guy is trying to give priority to society's notion that children that are raised in the village usually come out to be properly raised well when compared to city boys.


I don't know if I am the only one who doesnt like a babysitter the way the world now operates, no matter what the parents do, they should always find ways to make time for the child/children, it stronger the bonds and makes the kids adhere to their ways easily.

We fail to apply it on our own so we are only passing it to our kids because they are still young and it was not too late for them to change but some kids are not that obedient to their parents. What they only want to follow is their own self because they like it more than to what is suggested to them.

The lifestyle of the parent can affect the child because they are only living on one roof and it's hard to hide all the action that parents are doing to their kids and even if they try to, their kids are sometimes going to be curious to peek on them and then discover their secrets. I don't know if how mj start but he is now freaking rich. He won't worry anymore so he is only spoiling his kid.

I like those words that you use, if you can't be responsible why bother to take the responsibilities of being a parent, it will just messed those kids life, better to learn how to be responsible and prepare yourself to the obligation before taking the responsibilities, though it really a tough job to anyone, but internet is not the good venue to prepare your kids with what kind of world they will going to face when the time comes, it should be the guidance of the parents physically and mentally that will be established in them to be responsible.

Gambling is not the problem in general but the way you respond with gambling is the problem, if you engage too much and get addicted for sure it will ruined your life, but if you are responsible and you are just enjoying, then it serves as pastime for you to relax.

On the time that you had so much  money as a parent then most of the time we do really miss out those important things that we must do specially on parenting which we had forgotten on how to handle up things

when it comes to parenting.Even the things turns out not to be that good to be shared nor shown into our children but due to casual activity then it did turn out to be just a normal thing into you

which its true that our children would easily mimic and follow out on what we are doing.Considering that you dont have any problems when it comes to finances then doing things is much more simpler.
We know that having more money or financially capable could almost do everything on what they do really have in mind.

In all means our children will follow the footsteps of the parents. By the time it is our responsibility to lead them in the right path. Such a mentality should never arise within a child. Financially free could end up in danger, so it is always good to teach them (make them understand how parents are struggling to make money). This will make the children to spend responsibly and know their limits.

Every parent loves their children very much and they want their children to live a good life and their children to get freedom and establish themselves, so many parents give extra financial support to children because of their love and they give them extra financial support.  Believes in children and does not care to keep an eye on them.  Due to which many times children get more money and use that money for various illegal activities. So every parent should be aware and keep an eye on their children so that they get freedom but do not indulge in any kind of vices.

We have seen many cases where a child is allowed to spend money his father gave him without any lessons on how to save his money or use their money for their own good. And his parents always pampered and obeyed their children's wishes. This makes their children arrogant and wants all desires to be achieved immediately, even though it is not necessarily good for them. We certainly don't want to see our children trapped in gambling without a way out, so we must monitor their association well and not just let it go.

We need to teach our children how to value things and how money is a purchasing power, the thing is.
Most children live to walk in the path of their parents and gambling and financial management must be properly and thoroughly thought through before exposing our kids to them, for this kid to have wasted such huge sums of money on gambling and women one night.

What I think is that parents will always be responsible for the actions of their children, because children tend to imitate their parents or those who are very influential in their lives, if they see that their parents do bad acts they will interpret it as good deed to imitate, there is nothing that can evade the responsibility of parents, there will always be some responsibility for them, a good father or mother will not only be aware of their children until they are 18 years old, I have seen how some parents disassociate themselves of their children at the age of 18, having a child is for life, it is something that is acquired for life, it is one of the best commitments in life. When they are minors, everything that happens with the children is the direct responsibility of the parents.

when I looked at this thread now I remembered that days ago I have seen very strange things in my city, I see children who are only 6 years old and others who are 8 years old having a cell phone and playing games, and these children spend most of their time days playing on the phone and then without a doubt they will start playing games of chance, because these kids on the phone do research and when they search about games for phone they will find games of chance and as they grow they will enter the world of gambling and they will not talk nothing for parents, I think it's a big risk to give a 7-year-old a phone. in the same way that a parent should not take their child to the world of gambling, this is not a good thing.

If you are talking about these kids gambling, it is quite impossible for them to gamble at that young age.  First, they are not qualified to top up in the game.  I haven't seen 6 or 8 yrs. old kids making a top-up in a game nor even these kids have access to any financial processor applications.  No matter how hard they tried, they will end up playing play money and that isn't gambling in its definition.  Probably if these kids get older, but at that age, I doubt they can gamble on a mobile phone.

This is another example of why parents should manage the mobile phones of kids, the should always check them and if possible put a monitoring application so that they will know what sites and what apps their kids are visiting.


Indeed they will always be and they must be responsible for the action of their children if the kids is in a young age.  But those aged 16 and above have their understanding of the surroundings and I think making parents responsible for these teenagers isn't fair.  They can guide them and teach them but I believe 16 years old has the knowledge and be able to understand and differentiate bad from good.



Indeed little kids imitate their parents but teenagers have the idea of good deeds and vices unless the person has a mental problem.  I believe it is just a reason for teenagers aged 16 and above to justify their wrong deeds.  I believe people at this age know that gambling is bad but since it is ordinary in their family, they don't bother and keep on gambling.  That is why the responsibility to teach children of good traits and character is primarily on the parents.

The point is, don't show something negative to your child, they will imitate it and think it's a good thing because you did it.


that's true but not all children want to follow in the footsteps of their parents, environmental factors and religious upbringing have an important role in forming a child's mindset.


something like this is also happening in my city, many children under the age of 10 play Scatter Slots, they think it is a normal slot game but they buy chips to play and the money they use is pocket money given by their parents. the role of parents' supervision of their children is important.

I have noticed the same here, I have seen my neighbor letting her 6-8 years old child to play on her phone so the child can stay entertained.
It is a weird thing to see, considering these new phones we see nowadays could be even bigger than the head of the child itself and the side of those handheld devices are not designed to be held by little children.

The problem is that apps are not how they used to be back in the day, they are not about a one-time purchase anymore, the business model have switched to micro-transactions and even worse: loot-boxes, in games are are supposed to be for everyone.

I can even find on Google Scholar several articles suggesting a link between loot boxes and problem gaming, even mental struggles.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0306460319301091

I believe this situation is now all across the globe as smartphones are easy to access.
A lot of parents are also doing this just letting their kids use or buy their phone so they can free up themselves.
Yes, they can have free time but they don't know that their kids are learning something that they should not do yet.
You are right, most apps now are having in-app purchases which means, it is free to install but once you played it, you need to pay to acquire items of the game.
Parents should be cautious on this practice. This is why some will be surprised also if they received their credit card billing from unknown purchases.
But kids now can easily access possible gambling apps because of the smartphones, parents should be alarmed with their kids activities using phones.

And you know what it is even more infuriating, the people that create those apps and those devices do not let their kids interact with them and even send them to schools in which it is forbidden to use a phone at all, this should tell us what we need to know about how dangerous are those devices to underage people, and yet many parents do not take the time to think about this as they are too busy with their jobs to give any kind of meaningful attention to their kids.

I don't believe that any parents will permit their children that are under age to gamble. No sane parent will encourage or permit their  underage children to gamble.
It is not only parents  that train children, the environment they grow up also has some influence on them. If almost all the children in the environment are gamblers, there is a very high chance that your own child will follow his peer and gamble.

Reality in life nowadays, parents are too busy to make money in hope that they can provide a better future for their kids, materially they can fill that up but mentally they are forgetting the important part of growing up, proper guidance is at risk since the technology is really emerging and many factors are influencing the young minds of his generations.

I like your comment about those who created such app, but the chance that they are not letting their own kids to play or to use the apps, not sure about that statement.

It is the responsibility of every parent to guide their children in the right path. Education cannot be inculcated in children which reflects badly on the children. Every child has a certain age limit at which time if they are managed properly then that child will definitely be guided in a good way. All parents should be aware beforehand and guide the child in the right direction.

You are right because as parents, we want to see our children grow up well without any significant problems like gambling addiction. We have to make sure that they are on the right path and we can teach them how to achieve financial freedom instead of making money from gambling because it will not be easy at all. The mentality of children is not yet stable even if they have reached adulthood and still need assistance from their parents so the task of parents does not stop even though they are adults.

The question is how to achieve that? In today's world and as a father myself, I can tell you that it's practically impossible to control or even keep an eye on your children 24/7. Kids, if they are not out with their friends, they will stay in their rooms with phones/tablets/PCs and open access to the internet or watching TVs with all sorts of ads. How can you protect them from all this and limit their exposure to ads and content which is not suitable for their age?

Agreed, and this is the reality. We might be technology wise skilled, but they have got the ability to overcome the activities that are being used to keep them in a restricted circle. Being open to them could make them understand than learning certain things themselves. Even before the kids find an opportunity to experiment certain activities it is good to have a discussion making them understand the after effects.

It is impossible to control or even supervise your children 24/7 but you have to keep trying to keep your relationship with them closer. If you can establish that close relationship, they will be more open to you and willing to tell you a lot about their world.

I see this trend occurring because parents are busy with their work, so they are less able to supervise their children and don't even know what their children are doing. As parents, we must try to approach our children because with today's technological advances, we can invite them to study together and not leave them alone playing on phones/tablets/PCs and others. When we can explain what is good and not good for them, they will slowly understand and not try to try. Parental supervision is very necessary for this.

Definitely need parental supervision and control over what your child does with a mobile phone, tablet or computer. 
And if you notice suspicious sites that the child went to, it's always worth finding out what those sites are.  This definitely applies to online gambling.  By the way, it is not always necessary to directly ask the child why he went to some sites.  This can only hurt and he will be offended that you are following him.  And even worse, he can make password entries and you won’t know at all what he is doing on the Internet. 
In short, one must be careful and careful in communicating with the child on the issue of communications on the network.

I sincerely wish you to succeed in this, my friend. It is not easy to live decently without an example in your own family, but it's possible if it is your goal, and you are working hard to achieve it.

I personally know 2 people from different families whose parents were gambling addicts, but these guys they don't follow their parents' example. In fact, they don't want to even hear about gambling.
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Relationship between parents and their children is really important, now that we are embracing the digital era where communication using the internet is really hard to address, I mean we can't supervise our kids 24/7 that's reality.

But if we can open our lines and let them know that we are always there to assist them, listen to them, take time to sit with them and discuss what kind of life is waiting for them, explain the possibilities and what are the risk.

As parents, we are the first support line that needs to have an established a bond with our kids. They do have a better overview of anything if we guide them to the right path of life, generally speaking.

It all depends on the nature of the person in choosing friends, even though they are in a gambler's family environment, even though each child has a different nature but the role of friends in the social environment can affect a person, even though there is a term (fruit doesn't fall far from the tree) that term sometimes often pinned by people, to be the family of the gambler, the role of friends in life can be good or vice versa so it all depends on how they choose friends in their environment..

You are right that mate it's our duty as a parent to guide our children , listen to them if they have a good suggestion but like in the OP tackled above it's the decision of Michael Jordan and his son gambling to relax and have fun and nothing wrong about that it because they have a lot of money they can afford what they want to do or buy. But as of me I don't let my children known in gambling in the young age maybe in the right time if they want to gamble them it's okay.

I very much respect the decision of some parents to give their children a smartphone, it is something that they can be very bold with certain tools, but I am also part of the fact that a child or adolescent invents many things and it is not the idea that they can do something that causes emotion, and as I have said before in other posts, it is not so much the danger that he enters a casino and plays, but that the child falls into chats with people who are very ill-intentioned, with pedophiles, with many people who make them scare a lot, even persecute them, for me that is much more dangerous, of course both casinos and prohibited sites are something that a child can easily enter, that is where one of the parents should be supervising them.


Well, one of the most common techniques that can be applied with children is to keep them on a schedule for everything, that is, because what you say is true, a child cannot be glued to a PC or a phone most of the time. Of part of his time, he has to do other activities, if he does sports it is a plus that helps a lot, however when it comes time for the game or something like that, it is good to know if the PC is left for 1 hour, the Parents, whether dad or mom, should be aware of them, because it is something that cannot be neglected.

If a parent is unable to care for their own children, then what are they raising? They have to take charge and it is such a responsibility of the parents the way a child acts and how he develops, that is something that they can never forget, then that is a technique, the schedules and routines in the children if it is something necessary.

It is also up to the parents if they want to do things like that or lead a totally messy life with their children, everything changes when the children adhere to the rules and it is necessary for that to happen, that they abide by the rules, because otherwise in schools and formation will have problems.

Good point. What happens is that with the passage of time, we have reached a point where we have to talk about excessive use of the device both from a behavioral and medical point of view, because we realize that when it comes to using these tools some children stop doing other things like socializing with friends or family members, reading a book and even studying, and can negatively impact children’s social lives and academic performance. As a parent, I think this is something very important, so once again I invite parents to talk to their children, to be aware of social networks, because on these platforms there are many people with evil intentions, there are things like cyberbullying and other kinds of ill-treatment that can have a very negative impact on children’s lives.

But we're going too off-topic here, so I'll stop now.  ;)

Being surrounded by bad influence friends can influence a person even if he or she grew into a good environment in their family. That's really something to be thought about in terms of behavioral process as everyone is learning new things not only from their parents, from the technology but mostly, from the surroundings and neighborhood they live at.

Several factors influence a person's lifestyle but the most powerful among them is the family the person grows into and the kind of environment they find themselves in, It is easy for a child to copy the lifestyle of the parents but it is sometimes minimal what environment contributes and even the environment a child grows into is chosen by the parent because the child can not determine the environment they grow up is the responsibility of the parent before the child was born to find a better environment for their kids.