Gambling by financial dependents.

[piebeyb]

As long as he is a responsible gambler, in my opinion, there is no need to worry about it as long as he is still under the guidance of his parents so he doesn't gamble too deeply and eventually becomes an addict because it is rather difficult to cure an addict, moreover he is still relatively young, he still has plenty of time to get to know gambling because he should be the same age get an education and focus on your education to completion so you don't have to gamble for fun.

Looking for another game that doesn't require the use of money as long as it's free is pretty good too, isn't the demo game also entertaining even though there's no adrenaline there, but personally I think this young person should only be warned to focus more on his education than playing gambling and looking for Money.

[Frankolala]

What makes you feel that he isn't lying to you and that he is a responsible gambler. If he sees gambling as a means of making profit,then it is possible that he will become and addict later which will become a problem for his mom because he might start stealing her money to gamble if he can't control himself.

Since he is not working and depend on his family,he should stop gambling and stay focus on his studies so that he doesn't get carried away with his gambling activities to the extend that he might use his tution fee or funds for something important to gamble. As his uncle,you are to explain to him the consequence of gambling and how he can help himself not not being addicted to gambling,if he doesn't want to stop. Remember that some gamblers don't even know that they are addicts.

[rahmad2nd]

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What will be your advice for this young boy?

I honestly don't have any advice for your nephew. but if in your country a person can only gamble, the minimum has reached 18+, according to what has been regulated in such a way as the law applies. a person has the right to what he does, most importantly he is responsible for what he does. it's just that, the problem is that aged 18+ is an age that is still very unstable with every decision. in fact, I doubt that your nephew was a responsible gambler at his young age. let alone your judgment, only based on stories from your nephew.

Well, speaking of the first point, it would be natural for every parent to feel worried about what their child is doing. because this child is still 18 years old, even at this age parents still have an important role in everything a child does. especially if you are still a student. supposedly, the task of a student is to be responsible for the education he is currently demanding. in fact I doubt, that while this kid was having a gambling session, he was enjoying it. in fact, it is likely that he does not have a thorough understanding of the risks of gambling.
here, I don't want to be someone who judges. that in fact, what he does is his own responsibility. but how wise it would be if your nephew only focused on the education he was currently demanding as an investment for his future.

[SOKO-DEKE]

A family member reported to me that her eighteen years old son has started gambling. She is not worried that he is gaming but her problem is that he is a student that solely depends on her for everything he needs. Her fear is also that her son might start stealing from her if he has no access to the money he needs to gamble. My relative has even started suspecting that some money she feels was misplaced might have been stolen by her son.

Gambling is never a good act, and that is why many people are going against it. It involves high risk and a chance of luck, and the luck that is in gambling is just limited; it is only a few that are opportune to get lucky from gambling, so for anyone that may be involved in gambling, it may be hardly possible for such a person to gather wealth, especially when someone is addicted to gambling. For some to be a liability, it's never a good idea for them to be gambling because when they become addicted to gambling and don't have money to gamble, it can lead to any dirty attitude like borrowing money to gamble, using money that may be used for important things to gamble, selling property to gamble, or stealing to gamble.

I spoke to my nephew and he told me that he has never stolen from his mother to gamble. And he gambles with only his savings from his weekly stipend he receives from the family. And he won't gamble if he has no savings to do that. From my observation, he is a responsible gambler that is just enjoying the game and making a little money occasionally. The gambling age in my country is 18+, but his mother is insisting that he must stop. What will be your advice for this young boy?

I will advise the boy to stop gambling because, insofar as he doesn't have any sources of income but only depends on his mother, if he doesn't stop gambling and becomes addicted to it, it will surely affect him even in the future if he starts making money for himself he just be wasting it on gambling. And for his nephew, who said it never stole from its parents before but only gambled from his savings, that may be true, but believe me, whenever it stops winning from gambling and he doesn't have money to gamble for like a few days, it will need him to take dirty actions like selling its properties or borrowing money that it knows it can't pay back.

[GigaBit]

In my perspective gambling is not a crime but excessive gambling is not acceptable. If a parent knows about their child that he has become addicted to gambling, it can have a negative effect on them. Because when a child becomes addicted to gambling, they may steal their parents' money to manage their gambling finances. No one is safe if they gamble with their earnings and lose that money, but no parent is safe when a child relies on their parents to make money from gambling. So, I would advise here that if he is not 18 as per the rules then he should not do gambling. and if he is fit for gambling then he must gamble with his own money.

[Cryptomultiplier]

. What will be your advice for this young boy?

My advice for the young boy is to remember that he still lives under the parents roof, is still dependent on them for funds and other basic necessities, so he should obey what the mom says until he is living on his own and earning his own income to gamble with. If he is left to keep up with this habit, he might not see the need to complete schooling but instead see gambling as a way out of the financial rat race. So he should be stopped now.

One reason why he is gambling is because he has no major responsibility to commit to, otherwise, the savings he has done well to keep aside can be used instead to invest in BTC /cryptocurrency knowledge, since the prospects of earning from crypto investment is more certain than that of gambling, and I doubt it would be a cause for concern to the parent.

[bittraffic]

Gambling addiction somehow the effect is not so different from drug addicts where they stole some money or sell some stuff to have some money to buy the drugs. It's hard to resist when the monkey keeps scratching. The mother of the boy knows much her son than we do and there are more reasons why she worries about him stealing some cash.

My old lady always tells us not to let her see us smoke cigarettes if the money we use to buy those cigarettes comes from here. To expand this a bit, if we're still dependent on her and our money comes from her, we better not do any vices.

The boy saves money, probably skipping meals to save just to gamble. Does anyone think it's not bad?

[Stable090]

A family member reported to me that her eighteen years old son has started gambling. She is not worried that he is gaming but her problem is that he is a student that solely depends on her for everything he needs. Her fear is also that her son might start stealing from her if he has no access to the money he needs to gamble. My relative has even started suspecting that some money she feels was misplaced might have been stolen by her son.

No parent will be happy to see their child doing bad things,but in fact, I am wondering why his mother is not worried about his gambling but only worries that he will later start stealing from her or someplace else. If your son does not have any means of getting money but solely depends on his mother for anything he does and is still a gambler, it will surely shame his mother one day by acting badly. Even if he did not steal from her, he will still do something wrong in another way, like using school fees to gamble or borrowing money to gamble. This is also a bad idea.

I spoke to my nephew and he told me that he has never stolen from his mother to gamble. And he gambles with only his savings from his weekly stipend he receives from the family. And he won't gamble if he has no savings to do that. From my observation, he is a responsible gambler that is just enjoying the game and making a little money occasionally. The gambling age in my country is 18+, but his mother is insisting that he must stop. What will be your advice for this young boy?

Nobody to be trusted, especially gamblers, are always good liars. The nephew can just be lying to cover up his dirty act. I am not saying maybe he stole from someone before or did anything bad, but let's look around at the attitude of the gambler and judge. Let's not judge by only the nephew's attitude. My advice for the boy is to stop gambling, because even if he doesn't act bad now, he may do it in the future when he becomes gambling addicted. It is best to stop early.

[rhomelmabini]

I spoke to my nephew and he told me that he has never stolen from his mother to gamble. And he gambles with only his savings from his weekly stipend he receives from the family. And he won't gamble if he has no savings to do that. From my observation, he is a responsible gambler that is just enjoying the game and making a little money occasionally. The gambling age in my country is 18+, but his mother is insisting that he must stop. What will be your advice for this young boy?

Since it was known I think he should just stop but if he really knows his limit I think he's really a responsible gambler. On my own point of view, I guess the boy will just continue it otherwise, I guess it's best if there will be leverage or some sort of punishment if he tend to do so. For example, he'll gonna be stopped if he caught again or if it's the cause he fail some subjects. In that way he'll really know his own limit.

[Yatsan]

A family member reported to me that her eighteen years old son has started gambling. She is not worried that he is gaming but her problem is that he is a student that solely depends on her for everything he needs. Her fear is also that her son might start stealing from her if he has no access to the money he needs to gamble. My relative has even started suspecting that some money she feels was misplaced might have been stolen by her son.

I spoke to my nephew and he told me that he has never stolen from his mother to gamble. And he gambles with only his savings from his weekly stipend he receives from the family. And he won't gamble if he has no savings to do that. From my observation, he is a responsible gambler that is just enjoying the game and making a little money occasionally. The gambling age in my country is 18+, but his mother is insisting that he must stop. What will be your advice for this young boy?

Prevention is better than cure.
We might see the boy being responsible at this moment but once emotions take place, then that is where problem could arise. Given that he's still young, how sure are you that your nephew won't change once he experience bigger amount of money? You ones are easily being eaten by their emotions and theu are reported to be having a higher tolerance with risk taking simply because they are not thinking with the full extent of consequences on their actions. Also, the mother is right; financial dependency would be a factor not unless the kid has his own source of income wherein he could decide where he would spend it. Remember, an amount of money easily earned would be easily spent as well.

[dimonstration]

What will be your advice for this young boy?

Don’t let his mother know that he is gambling? What type of gambling we are talking about because this issue will be solved easily by hiding his gambling activity from his mother if he is only playing online gambling. No mother will allow their son to gamble especially if the son is still studying and not earning for his own.

The boy should respect his mother decision since his allowance is still comes from his parents. I think gambling is suitable only for those whose earning through their own salary and not from someone money because there’s always a risk that you will steal money from others since you are not the source of your money.

[letteredhub]

A family member reported to me that her eighteen years old son has started gambling. She is not worried that he is gaming but her problem is that he is a student that solely depends on her for everything he needs. Her fear is also that her son might start stealing from her if he has no access to the money he needs to gamble. My relative has even started suspecting that some money she feels was misplaced might have been stolen by her son.

I spoke to my nephew and he told me that he has never stolen from his mother to gamble. And he gambles with only his savings from his weekly stipend he receives from the family. And he won't gamble if he has no savings to do that. From my observation, he is a responsible gambler that is just enjoying the game and making a little money occasionally. The gambling age in my country is 18+, but his mother is insisting that he must stop. What will be your advice for this young boy?

I suspect the lad's mum is just paranoid seeing his son spending part of a time he's supposed to use in his studies as a student on gambling which could be a distraction agent somehow to his education. And also, just because he's a dependant and now gambling it then mean he's going to start stealing too. What she needs to do now is not to scold but to advise and counsel the boy the dangers related to gambling and why he's not in the rightful financial condition yet for him to start gambling even if he takes it as source of entertainment.

By your country's gambling age, the boy is in the rightful age to gamble just that he's not independent of himself in many ways than one, and as such he should listen to his mother's advise and apply brake in his interest to gamble not until he has started living on himself as an independent adult. There's so much time in the world for him to gamble in whatever ways he wants to but for now he should take a leave.
 

[sompitonov]

He could lie about not stealing the money. This is very shameful and often almost no one admits it. I observed something similar with my relatives, when one family member stole money from the rest for alcohol. It is necessary not to keep money at home, so as not to provoke him to steal. Because if the moment convenient for him turns up, he will do it, I don’t even doubt it.

On the other hand, you will not be able to exert permanent control over him, and if he wants to, he will still find a way to gamble. Of course, this is a very dangerous age. But by my example, I will say that at his age I was also fond of gambling, and although much older, I only make a few bets a year and do not feel strong attraction to it. Maybe time will pass and he will come to his senses

[Hispo]

My personal advice it would be to encourage the young man to engage in other activities outside gambling, like practicing some sport and also to check on his grades while he is at school. He is 18 years old so legally he is in his right to gamble, however since he is dependent on his family, then his family should at least try to monitor whether he starts to show early symptoms of addiction as moths or years pass by.

For example, if he joins a football club and study, then his family could tell something is wrong if he suddenly stops to practice a sport he likes or his grades start to drop dramatically, so they can intervene in time and see what is going on.

Otherwise, there would be no way to know he is going through hard times, the addiction could crawl forwards and make him feel ashamed of his losses and stigmatized.
The whole point is to be honest with the people who maintain the way of life he is having and provide him food, shelter, medicine, etc. It is the least he could do for them, in my opinion.

[DabsPoorVersion]

What will be your advice for this young boy?

My advice would be for him to stop and not use his money for gambling, the money that is supposed to be used for his needs in school. The kid still being responsible for now, but who knows what he will do once he started to become greedy. He better stop immediately before he comes to the point that he needs to steal money just to gamble. His mother should talk to him regularly and make her son realize that this is not the right time for him to enter gambling until he makes his own hard-earned money.

[Beparanf]

What will be your advice for this young boy?

My advice would be for him to stop and not use his money for gambling, the money that is suppose to be used for his needs in school. The kid still being responsible for now, but who knows what he will do once he started to become greedy. He better stop immediately before he comes to the point that he needs to steal money just to gamble. His mother should talk to him regularly and make her son realize that this is not the right time for him to enter gambling until he make his own hard earned money.

As per the OP, he is just using his allowance. Maybe he is saving his money by not spending part of it so that he can use it to gamble which I think alright because he already earn it through his own action by saving that money. He is not using tuition or money that is intended for his school requirements but rather those funds that dedicated to for personal use.

As long as he is still in control, I don’t think the need to worry since he will still do this even without the parent consent. Worst is the boy hides gambling to his parents until he suffer addiction without everyone noticing it.

[ralle14]

If the boy is that interested in continuing to gamble, then i'd suggest creating a spreadsheet and listing every transaction and bet he made as proof that he's a responsible gambler. I know stopping would be for the best, but i'd assume he won't stop because even if he says yes, there could still be a chance for him to gamble secretly. Having a spreadsheet and tracking his every gambling move gives him at least the awareness because you never know when he'll start to make mistakes and possibly develop an addiction.

[Casdinyard]

Judging by the fact that your nephew's still living under his mom's roof and is depending on her for sustenance and daily cash, I say he might wanna stop gambling for the meantime until such a time comes when he can create his own moolah. If he pushes for gambling against his mom's wishes he might land on her bad side which will lead to more problems than he can deal with. The smartest path here is to quit gambling and invest his money instead for the meantime, or at least save it if he's not keen about investing money since he's still 18 anyway.

It all boils down to making sure that you don't bite the hand that feeds you. It's his mom for sure but everyone's got their limits to their temper. We wouldn't want him to blow her fuse especially since he's still entirely dependent to her for money.

[fullhdpixel]

A family member reported to me that her eighteen years old son has started gambling. She is not worried that he is gaming but her problem is that he is a student that solely depends on her for everything he needs. Her fear is also that her son might start stealing from her if he has no access to the money he needs to gamble. My relative has even started suspecting that some money she feels was misplaced might have been stolen by her son.

I spoke to my nephew and he told me that he has never stolen from his mother to gamble. And he gambles with only his savings from his weekly stipend he receives from the family. And he won't gamble if he has no savings to do that. From my observation, he is a responsible gambler that is just enjoying the game and making a little money occasionally. The gambling age in my country is 18+, but his mother is insisting that he must stop. What will be your advice for this young boy?

You can never know if the guy is actually being honest with you or not. What if he actually steals money from his mother but he refused to accept that in front of you? And what if he is already addicted to gambling but tells you that he only gambles when he has savings and doesn't do it when he doesn't? I'm not saying that he is lying specifically, but I'm just saying that there is always a possibility that a gambler doesn't openly accept how deep they have gotten into it.

However, even if he is not lying or hiding anything, or even if he is a responsible gambler if his mother doesn't want him to do that, he should stop immediately, because not obeying your mother means you will never get success in life, she is the person you should always respect and obey.

[Coin_trader]

If the boy is that interested in continuing to gamble, then i'd suggest creating a spreadsheet and listing every transaction and bet he made as proof that he's a responsible gambler. I know stopping would be for the best, but i'd assume he won't stop because even if he says yes, there could still be a chance for him to gamble secretly. Having a spreadsheet and tracking his every gambling move gives him at least the awareness because you never know when he'll start to make mistakes and possibly develop an addiction.

I really like this suggestion. This will make the parents calm on worrying their children to become addicted since they can track the gambling activities of the boy. I think adding transaction link or pictures that will serves as proof on the balance history will make this spreadsheet reliable and can't be tampered by the boy when he wants to hide his addiction.

It's easy to control gambling if you track your progress and also if you knew that someone will monitor your activity. Being open to each other will make this small issue solve without the boy show a rebellious traits because he is being stopped to gamble while he can do it secretly.