Gambling by financial dependents.

[SeaCoinCollector.]

The nephew is honest when he says he is gambling with his funds and not stealing from his family. Family members should talk to each other about gaming and help each other find good things to do. You can deal with the problem in a more fair and well-informed way if you keep an eye on academic progress and get professional help if you need to.

[blckhawk]

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We will never know what his nephew did after getting orders from him. Yes, most children and teenagers like his nephew would probably ignore what he was told and not carry it out, but hopefully, he was a good teenager who would listen to his advice. While he is still a teenager, there is no harm in teaching him about investing because that is one way to gain profits in the future. Bitcoin is the best investment his nephew can use to prepare for his future. Hopefully, his nephew will listen to his advice to invest or do other more useful things.

That's what I've been saying, instead of toleration, OP should've considered telling his nephew an alternative instead of just telling the dangers and the negatives of gambling, there's a lot of stuff that you could probably tell that person that doesn't involve gambling or tolerate it. I don't trust people by standard so I came with that conclusion that the kid's probably lying but that's all there is to it. At the end of the day, it's that kid's life, if he chooses to go down that path of having a gambling problem then let him go down that path I guess.

[ethereumhunter]

That's what I've been saying, instead of toleration, OP should've considered telling his nephew an alternative instead of just telling the dangers and the negatives of gambling, there's a lot of stuff that you could probably tell that person that doesn't involve gambling or tolerate it. I don't trust people by standard so I came with that conclusion that the kid's probably lying but that's all there is to it. At the end of the day, it's that kid's life, if he chooses to go down that path of having a gambling problem then let him go down that path I guess.

Yes, I also think that @OP needs to provide alternatives by getting him to do things so he can forget about gambling for a while. By doing many things frequently, his nephew can forget the pleasure he gets from gambling so he won't want to go anywhere near gambling again because he already has experience, especially if he has experienced loss. His nephew may lie, especially since he is still a child who often sees adults doing it too. They will think about covering up what they did even though we cannot immediately believe it as adults, especially when they have lied before. But that is everyone's choice and we can only direct them to the path they should take. But he is his nephew who should be able to guide him on the right path, especially since he is a growing teenager.

[EarnOnVictor]

In as much as your nephew has reached the legal age to gamble as stipulated by many jurisdictions, the fact that he is still a dependent, he shouldn't gamble. He is currently building an addiction and there is a stage he will get to he can do anything to satisfy that urge to gamble.

Even if he doesn't resort to stealing, he might use funds meant for payment of bills to gamble, and in the end, his mom will face the consequences of such behaviour.

Gambling by a dependent should be seriously frowned upon because it will amount to throwing away the money laboured by another person. My advice is that his mom should reduce the money he gives to him because that can also reduce the money he uses from gambling.

You have a good point and it would not be inappropriate to say that you are right at the same time. They have not been making money by themselves despite being in the legal age to gamble, therefore they do not have the right to be wasting money at the same time. If you know, it will be fine, and you will be careful about the money you give to them, or else they will continue to waste your money. You know, gambling is risky and addictive, they will do it all the same despite not earning themselves, but it will be at your back. It is good that way, and the moment you know they are gambling, it is better to limit the money you give to them and also make them accountable for the little money left strictly. If not, they will still find the means to be gambling.

Also, you continue to advise them rightly, it is not only about depriving them of the needed money so that they will be more prudent, the advice that will speak to their psychology will go a long way too. With time, if you realise that they are now doing the right thing and not gambling again, you can change your stance on this, but they must prove themselves before you can be convinced about the change. Come to think of it, it is your money they are wasting, and you might be seriously sweating for the money, so it could hurt so much seeing another person wasting your money for you. You will be wise to nip it by the bud immediately but still be wise in the approach as well so that it will not be so severe on them to avoid higher consequences than what you were trying to prevent.

[Iroh]

In as much as your nephew has reached the legal age to gamble as stipulated by many jurisdictions, the fact that he is still a dependent, he shouldn't gamble. He is currently building an addiction and there is a stage he will get to he can do anything to satisfy that urge to gamble.

Even if he doesn't resort to stealing, he might use funds meant for payment of bills to gamble, and in the end, his mom will face the consequences of such behaviour.

Gambling by a dependent should be seriously frowned upon because it will amount to throwing away the money laboured by another person. My advice is that his mom should reduce the money he gives to him because that can also reduce the money he uses from gambling.

I agree. Despite being matured enough to be considered an adult, I wouldn’t advise someone who’s very much still dependent on someone else for survival to pick up a gambling habit.
As a dependent, he has no money of his own and has to make do with what is being given to him. Picking up an activity like gambling could tell on his finances.

There’s a possibility he may resort to stealing after burning through the little funds available to him. Dependents are literally still relying upon others to survive and as long as he is being given money, his actions with that money would always be scrutinized. There probably won’t be much ruckus from anyone if he works and earns his own money.

[Hirose UK]

The nephew is honest when he says he is gambling with his funds and not stealing from his family. Family members should talk to each other about gaming and help each other find good things to do. You can deal with the problem in a more fair and well-informed way if you keep an eye on academic progress and get professional help if you need to.

Maybe all of this can be tolerated and understandable, but there must be a better solution, such as providing advice or guidance so that in the future the nephew does not do or repeat the same thing.
After all, he is still school student and he still has lot of knowledge and learning to complete in order to have the ability to develop his potential to have decent life.
Honestly, this is very worrying because he is school student who cannot yet have personal income and still relies on money from his parents, which means that the money that he should use to meet his needs for school or other purposes is instead used for gambling.
Problems like this really must be resolved immediately, especially the role of parents is very important, they must put pressure on the teenager so that he can immediately stop gambling activities.
If there is still concern then all family members must be willing to play role in efforts to guide and also direct them to much better path, avoiding several activities that endanger their growth and development.

[AnonBitCoiner]

If he says that he is gambling with his own savings then may be he is true but I think that if a person from an early age start gambling then he never think about that what is good or what is bad for him therefore he does not consider stealing as a bad habit.

The young boy should stop gambling because advice of mother should be accepted in every situation but if a person is completely entered into gambling then mother's advise also has no effects on his decision. Gambling is a bad activity that is initiated with little sum and continues by ending of all money and selling of all materials whether they are necessary or not because they just want to continue gambling.

[0t3p0t]

He has to stop gambling or else it will soon hinder his goal as a student. He cannot do the same thing because we all know that gambling is an emotional based game and will surely affect his school performances. One reason for him to stop gambling is the fact that he wasted the money his parents gave him as allowance and this might lead him to steal money when urge to gamble will occupy his young and weak mind.

[Onyeeze]

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?

His mother is probably just overreacting. If there is no evidence that her son is stealing her money, there is no reason to accuse him based solely on his side activities. If he enjoys the occasional gamble (provided it is within his financial means), then so be it. Even students who are working hard on their education need a break and some activities just for fun. By the way, how are his studies progressing? If there is no significant drop in his study results, there is no reason to worry. Someone who is addicted to gambling certainly cannot be a good student at the same time.

you don't need to support ugliest because it is obvious that a child who supposed to gamble should be adult that is up to 18 years above if you are not up to 18 years I don't think that you are supposed to gamble so therefore the mother come accuse the young guy at for anything because if there is a missing money in the house it is obvious that the mother don't need evidence to accuse the sun that is the one that is stealing the funds or the money at home so if they don't use strong hand there will be more displacement of money in their house and probably they will not know who always use their money if they continue to doubt.

In this kind of case you don't need to cover up a child who is coming up and the involved himself into gambling so the child can do anything to get money for gambling that is why it's not advisable when you are financial handicap you don't need to engage yourself in gambling that much

[danherbias07]

In as much as your nephew has reached the legal age to gamble as stipulated by many jurisdictions, the fact that he is still a dependent, he shouldn't gamble. He is currently building an addiction and there is a stage he will get to he can do anything to satisfy that urge to gamble.

Even if he doesn't resort to stealing, he might use funds meant for payment of bills to gamble, and in the end, his mom will face the consequences of such behaviour.

Yeah, he might not even try to look for work because there's someone giving out money for free. This is not how a dependent child should be disciplined especially in this era where kids tend to find new ways to spend their money unlike before when we only spend it for toys. That's all we ever think about or snacks. The problem today is, that streamers in social media are doing advertisements of gambling platforms at the end of their videos which makes kids have an idea about it and be tempted to try it out.

Gambling by a dependent should be seriously frowned upon because it will amount to throwing away the money laboured by another person. My advice is that his mom should reduce the money he gives to him because that can also reduce the money he uses from gambling.

But there's another problem that will float if their allowance is cut. Being rebellious. I've talked to parents, this is what they are trying to avoid. In the end, their kids become spoiled brats because they are just giving away everything they want. I am not saying I am a perfect parent but that is just wrong. We can give them what they need but not what they want. There's a big difference in that but parents today are ignoring it because they want to silence their kids all of the time by giving out whatever they wish so that they won't hear them cry. Discipline today is whatever is the easiest way around especially for parents who are working their ass out and had no more time for arguments.

[maydna]

He has to stop gambling or else it will soon hinder his goal as a student. He cannot do the same thing because we all know that gambling is an emotional based game and will surely affect his school performances. One reason for him to stop gambling is the fact that he wasted the money his parents gave him as allowance and this might lead him to steal money when urge to gamble will occupy his young and weak mind.

If he is still a student, he will experience emotional changes, becoming unstable and angry more easily than thinking before acting. If he can stop gambling because he has wasted his parents' money, that is a good step, and he should really leave gambling for good. But if he couldn't do that, he would probably lie to everyone who asked him so he could keep the money he would use for gambling. A student will lose his future when he starts to know something that makes him lose money, such as gambling, which can make him lose focus on studying, reducing his performance at school. This requires attention from the adults around him, so they need to provide understanding to the child.

[chaser15]

He has to stop gambling or else it will soon hinder his goal as a student. He cannot do the same thing because we all know that gambling is an emotional based game and will surely affect his school performances. One reason for him to stop gambling is the fact that he wasted the money his parents gave him as allowance and this might lead him to steal money when urge to gamble will occupy his young and weak mind.

If he is still a student, he will experience emotional changes, becoming unstable and angry more easily than thinking before acting. If he can stop gambling because he has wasted his parents' money, that is a good step, and he should really leave gambling for good. But if he couldn't do that, he would probably lie to everyone who asked him so he could keep the money he would use for gambling. A student will lose his future when he starts to know something that makes him lose money, such as gambling, which can make him lose focus on studying, reducing his performance at school. This requires attention from the adults around him, so they need to provide understanding to the child.

Parental guidance is needed on that part but it's not easy for the parents to detect that something strange is now happening to their child since the child is doing things not to make them look like something unusual is happening. I hope that if ever a kid is experiencing a gambling problem at that early age, they should find the courage to tell everything on their parents whatever it takes.

Expect their parents to get mad but it's way better to happen before anything else will turn worse in the future if the addiction by the kid won't end.

This situation happened in reality in some parts of the world.

[Samlucky O]

I think 18 years is an average age of an adult male or female citizen of any country, not only yours. Gambling  is not determined by age rather self control and decipline. My advice to him is that he can gamble but gamble responsibly. He should always play gambling with the amount he can afford to loose.

Because if he doesn't play responsibly the fear of his mom might become the worst nightmare, especially when his mother's money continues missing.

[tbterryboy]

In as much as your nephew has reached the legal age to gamble as stipulated by many jurisdictions, the fact that he is still a dependent, he shouldn't gamble. He is currently building an addiction and there is a stage he will get to he can do anything to satisfy that urge to gamble.

Even if he doesn't resort to stealing, he might use funds meant for payment of bills to gamble, and in the end, his mom will face the consequences of such behaviour.

Gambling by a dependent should be seriously frowned upon because it will amount to throwing away the money laboured by another person. My advice is that his mom should reduce the money he gives to him because that can also reduce the money he uses from gambling.

I do agree that it's all about being dependent and not the age. It doesn't matter if a person is 15 years old or 25 years old, if they are still getting their money from their parents or whoever, they should not gamble with it because that should be a lot more important.

I believe that we are going to end up with something that should be quite the tough type and should not be doing anything like that. I know that life is not simple and we should consider that as a problem, but we are going to end up with a trouble if we are not careful. I know that life is not that simple, and I know that it's going to hurt you on the long run, but that doesn't mean that you are right all the time. Earn your own money if you want to start gambling.

[maydna]

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Parental guidance is needed on that part but it's not easy for the parents to detect that something strange is now happening to their child since the child is doing things not to make them look like something unusual is happening. I hope that if ever a kid is experiencing a gambling problem at that early age, they should find the courage to tell everything on their parents whatever it takes.

Expect their parents to get mad but it's way better to happen before anything else will turn worse in the future if the addiction by the kid won't end.

This situation happened in reality in some parts of the world.

If parents are close to their children, they will be able to realize that there are changes in their children, even if the changes are very small. There is an inner voice in parents saying that something is wrong with their children, so wise parents will ask their children if everything is okay and invite them to discuss it if they really have a problem. And their children will definitely tell their parents whatever their problems are because they really trust their parents, especially since their parents are people who are very close to their children.

And if their children become addicted to gambling, their parents will definitely try to cure their children at any cost because their parents really love their children. Parents will not want to lose their children, even if they have to sacrifice their possessions for the sake of their children. That is why there are parents who are willing to do anything to see their child's happiness, and that child is lucky to have parents who really care about him and should be grateful for him.

[arjunmujay]

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Parental guidance is needed on that part but it's not easy for the parents to detect that something strange is now happening to their child since the child is doing things not to make them look like something unusual is happening. I hope that if ever a kid is experiencing a gambling problem at that early age, they should find the courage to tell everything on their parents whatever it takes.

Expect their parents to get mad but it's way better to happen before anything else will turn worse in the future if the addiction by the kid won't end.

This situation happened in reality in some parts of the world.

If parents are close to their children, they will be able to realize that there are changes in their children, even if the changes are very small. There is an inner voice in parents saying that something is wrong with their children, so wise parents will ask their children if everything is okay and invite them to discuss it if they really have a problem. And their children will definitely tell their parents whatever their problems are because they really trust their parents, especially since their parents are people who are very close to their children.

And if their children become addicted to gambling, their parents will definitely try to cure their children at any cost because their parents really love their children. Parents will not want to lose their children, even if they have to sacrifice their possessions for the sake of their children. That is why there are parents who are willing to do anything to see their child's happiness, and that child is lucky to have parents who really care about him and should be grateful for him.

The most basic thing is to give children an understanding about gambling, both in terms of winning and also the bad effects of gambling itself.
Indeed, at the age of 18+, a child is starting to be able to think for himself and is happier with his choices. However, in order to prevent evil, it is very important to continue to guide him even if the child doesn't like it. What's more, the problem of gambling is that we are adults who gamble without showing it to other people, especially children. because the bad impacts are very dominant compared to the good impacts of winning at gambling

[maydna]

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The most basic thing is to give children an understanding about gambling, both in terms of winning and also the bad effects of gambling itself.
Indeed, at the age of 18+, a child is starting to be able to think for himself and is happier with his choices. However, in order to prevent evil, it is very important to continue to guide him even if the child doesn't like it. What's more, the problem of gambling is that we are adults who gamble without showing it to other people, especially children. because the bad impacts are very dominant compared to the good impacts of winning at gambling

Yes, that is what every parent must do with their children so that they are not involved in something that could harm them. However, it's not easy because teenagers want to try something without anyone knowing, so this can make them slowly fall into something they couldn't have predicted. But if teenagers can be closer to their parents and grow and develop while being supervised and guided by their parents, they will not want to try many things that could negatively impact their lives. And if their parents want to gamble, they can do it elsewhere so their children don't know what they are doing. This will prevent children from knowing about gambling, and they will not try to gamble because they already know about it from their parents.

[Rufsilf]

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?

Indeed, his mother had a good point in preventing him from gambling, as it can develop into a major addiction with unfavorable effects, especially while he was young. What if he started gambling gradually and eventually developed a fondness for it, even though he acknowledged that he only uses the money he gets from his allowance? We can never be sure what his future holds. Teenagers are skilled at dishonesty and can even fabricate stories to manipulate their parents in order to achieve what they want, so there is a chance that he may play fools on her. Not all, but some do, particularly if they are persuaded by their friends. He would think that it would be beneficial for him to try again if he has experience playing and starts winning and making money, but if he loses, he has a tendency to chase losses. Perhaps he can't focus on his education because of his gambling obsession; his mother's efforts to guarantee his future are in vain, and he spends his time gambling.

[bitvalak]

Gambling is not bad if one is committed to being responsible. Maybe for him gambling is like entertainment that can entertain him while his friends his age spend time watching movies or going on dates with their girlfriends. Moreover, if he is prohibited from gambling, I think he certainly has the potential to do so without his parents knowing. Moreover, if he has run out of money, it is possible that he will steal his mother's money to play. In this case, in my opinion, it is better to talk openly with each other to respect what the child likes, so that what he does can be controlled by the supervision of his parents too.

[Oilacris]

Gambling is not bad if one is committed to being responsible. Maybe for him gambling is like entertainment that can entertain him while his friends his age spend time watching movies or going on dates with their girlfriends. Moreover, if he is prohibited from gambling, I think he certainly has the potential to do so without his parents knowing. Moreover, if he has run out of money, it is possible that he will steal his mother's money to play. In this case, in my opinion, it is better to talk openly with each other to respect what the child likes, so that what he does can be controlled by the supervision of his parents too.

"Being responsible"

This is really that indeed the key on making yourself do able to avoid things miserably specially with gambling. You wont really be ending up on such trouble or problem if you do
really just make yourself that mindful about on the things that you are dealing with. You wont really be putting up yourself on such problem
if you are really that sensible and aware on the things that you've been dealing with. Gambling is really just that for fun and not for money making.
Once you do have this kind of realizations then you would really be that able to avoid things.

Its not something that you could really be able to rely if we do speak about financial aspects. Its never been that way ever.