Never gamble in front of your kids.

[Wakate]

A question to all: when was the last time you see kids gambling? Or have your ever saw kids gambling? I went to google to search for some pictures. Most of "kids gambling" pictures were stock photos or something staged, or was just random gambling photos. This questions appeared in my head, when I saw 14-16yo kids smoking on school stadium. When I have searched for "kids smoking" in google, indeed I found more real pictures than kids gambling. Why nobody fights so passionate about kids and smoking?

The last time I saw underage kids gambling was before they made designated gambling areas in our country. I remember back then there were casinos in every neighborhood and many grocery stores had slot machines that accepted coins. Since the sellers of such stores physically did not have time to keep track of all the visitors during peak hours, underage youths took advantage of this.

Currently, I do not have the opportunity to play in land-based casinos, as I play online, but I am sure that there is a lot of underage gamblers.

There are some certain things we don't have to do in the presence of the children because they might want to do like there father without have a good knowledge about what it is all about. Gambling is fun and the activities might be addictive to the extent that we could be surprised the kind of result we are getting. There are things we need to be observant about and we don't have to do in the presence of the children if we really want to have a lovely father that would not turn to something else. Gambling can sometimes be addictive but we just have to keep trying to ameliorate things in the right order.

[TopTort777]

I submit to say there's a misconception which you understood it on the other way and not literally how I meant.
Let me just say that things that has addictive potentials or negative effect if one isn't taking adequate conciousness of it shouldn't be engaged to the knowledge of kids because they're usually fond of daring even when the fact is seem as threats to hurt.
They're psychologically tendered and not self defensive enough to separate the right from wrongs so, it should be better they don't even learn about that angle which if by means they induges to do it on their own without a guidance that it could be hurtful such as the gambling maybe emphasized.
I just think that with their tendered mentality they shouldn't be closed to gambling or its discussion because you as a guidance might not always be around them to guide them all through their going in and outs.

But why discussing gambling isnt accepted ? What is bad from knowing what to expect from gambling, knowing how it works, what consequences might be if you act recklessly? You suggest to experience that themselves when they turn 18 ? Or I, as a parent, better warn them about it. Isnt it better to be familiar to unknows when I am not around and cant guide them? You said it yourself - kids are "psychologically tendered and not self defensive enough to separate the right from wrongs". And you suggest to keep them defenceless and not knowing about potential threat.

Okay, how about if I put it this way that "teaching them about the consequences of gambling might be a good one rather than just having a gambling discussion or even probably gambling to their notice while the ongoing activity doesn't connect with educating the kids about it". Because some other parent aside your way of thinking could make that mistake.
So I guess they'd take it up to their own way and try if they could emulate from what was heard or seen without understanding the basic due to their tendered mentality.
Sometimes, it feels more safer not to let call on kids attentions at some terms having potential hurt just like I said earlier, "kids sometimes intensionally acts ignorant and would always want to "dare" just to feel how that may really hurt before taking a lession out of it".
Sorry I've been reasoning otherwise from you because I think of bringing my own kids up my ways so also you've your ways. So I'm definitely not going to doubt your opinion. You're right and I could be right also.

Previously in this topic I have mentioned, that parents must have a "high reputation" in kids eyes. Not like parents must be strict and kids should be afraid of them, afraid to do something wrong and etc. But a kind of reputation, when father or mothers says it one time, and the kid fully agree and believe in that. For example if I tell my kid "he buddy, you see, you are a bit young for gambling, wait until you are 18 and you can try it yourself, but today, it isnt recommended to try". My kid would trust what I say and wont "dare" to do opposite.

You know, kids always test limits of what can they do (what is forbidden) and get away with it, and when they will get punished. In my family, such thing as "dare" to do what I have told not to do does not work. We have a little bit different approach. We do not forbit most of things, but we explain and discuss consequences and what can go wrong. If my kid wants to jump down from a tree house. I would not say "you are not allowed to do that" or "if you jump, I wont let you play in again". Instead I say that you can try jumping down, but you might hurt yourself, or might not. If want to try it - try, but if you get hurt, I am not going to help you. I am letting my kid get his own experience. The kid would better learn now, instead of being 18 and jumping down the roof, because of not realizing what would be.

[lienfaye]

A question to all: when was the last time you see kids gambling? Or have your ever saw kids gambling? I went to google to search for some pictures. Most of "kids gambling" pictures were stock photos or something staged, or was just random gambling photos. This questions appeared in my head, when I saw 14-16yo kids smoking on school stadium. When I have searched for "kids smoking" in google, indeed I found more real pictures than kids gambling. Why nobody fights so passionate about kids and smoking?

The last time I saw underage kids gambling was before they made designated gambling areas in our country. I remember back then there were casinos in every neighborhood and many grocery stores had slot machines that accepted coins. Since the sellers of such stores physically did not have time to keep track of all the visitors during peak hours, underage youths took advantage of this.

Currently, I do not have the opportunity to play in land-based casinos, as I play online, but I am sure that there is a lot of underage gamblers.

There are some certain things we don't have to do in the presence of the children because they might want to do like there father without have a good knowledge about what it is all about. Gambling is fun and the activities might be addictive to the extent that we could be surprised the kind of result we are getting. There are things we need to be observant about and we don't have to do in the presence of the children if we really want to have a lovely father that would not turn to something else. Gambling can sometimes be addictive but we just have to keep trying to ameliorate things in the right order.

Well said. We should not let our kids see that we're playing. Because they might think it's just a game without money involve and find it interesting. Therefore, to save ourselves for further explanations about gambling, then let's just keep it private. The reason why it is also crucial to have a regular communication with our kids so that we're aware of what they're up to and monitor them.

[TopTort777]

There are some certain things we don't have to do in the presence of the children because they might want to do like there father without have a good knowledge about what it is all about. Gambling is fun and the activities might be addictive to the extent that we could be surprised the kind of result we are getting. There are things we need to be observant about and we don't have to do in the presence of the children if we really want to have a lovely father that would not turn to something else. Gambling can sometimes be addictive but we just have to keep trying to ameliorate things in the right order.

Well said. We should not let our kids see that we're playing. Because they might think it's just a game without money involve and find it interesting. Therefore, to save ourselves for further explanations about gambling, then let's just keep it private. The reason why it is also crucial to have a regular communication with our kids so that we're aware of what they're up to and monitor them.

What do you mean "well said"? The guy just told not to do anything in front of kids, because they might feel interested in it and might want to repeat it. What is great from being afraid that your kid will eventually try to repeat what you did? Moreover, "to save ourselves for further explanations about gambling, then let's just keep it private", that is totally wrong. What you say is "do something secretly, because you are lazy to give explanation". Now comes fun part, you say that it is important to communicate, yet you support the idea of doing secretly because you are lazy

[lienfaye]

What do you mean "well said"? The guy just told not to do anything in front of kids, because they might feel interested in it and might want to repeat it. What is great from being afraid that your kid will eventually try to repeat what you did?

I'm pertaining to this part of @Wakate "There are things we need to be observant about and we don't have to do in the presence of the children if we really want to have a lovely father that would not turn to something else.." And do you even read what I wrote? I said the kids might think it's just a game and not knowing there's a money involved.

Moreover, "to save ourselves for further explanations about gambling, then let's just keep it private", that is totally wrong. What you say is "do something secretly, because you are lazy to give explanation". Now comes fun part, you say that it is important to communicate, yet you support the idea of doing secretly because you are lazy

As much as possible it would be better to gamble privately  so the kids won't see. It doesn't mean you're lazy to explain but more on you're just being careful on your actions especially if it's not suited for their age to know. And yes it's important to communicate for general topic and it is not limited to gambling. So that you're aware of your kid's activity especially if they're using their gadgets. You just misunderstood what I said.

[AirtelBuzz]

Hey gamblers' community, hope you're all doing great.
I wanted to convey my message here that gambling in front of our kids may put adverse effects on their growing minds and they may also take the wrong path and start gambling (either by asking you personally for funds or by stealing it in order to fulfill their gambling cravings).

I'm sharing this because I saw this issue with my kiddo who was once watching me gamble at a website playing blackjack and she started asking me more about the game. Then one day, she wanted to play it herself and asked me if she can go for it and I said "no, it's not your legal age to go for such games". So, it's better to keep our kiddos away from gambling and let them focus on their studies, else it'd actually ruin everything for the whole family if the kid takes the wrong path.

Usually, little boys are raised from childhood on the ideals of their parents.If parents teach their children well, then children get good education, and if parents teach their children wrongly, then children get wrong education. We should guide the children in the right way so that they can develop for the future.

I don't understand whether children should be gambling in front of them but I have seen little the boys in my area gambling through mobiles. However, the parents of those who gambled through mobile were not addicted to gambling, but their children were addicted to gambling. Even though their parents never gambled in front of those children, they still learned to gamble. They are hated by the family for such activities.

[noormcs5]

If they can control themselves from the effect of gambling, they can playing gambling to have fun. But many people doesn't realizes or not sure about themselves so that makes them gets deeper in gambling without have a chance to quit gambling easily. When someone tempts from gambling, they will not see that's a fast way for them to spends their money especially if they don't have a good control instead they will just thinks that's a way for them to wins much money.

As a matter of fact, when an adult can't control their emotions when they are gambling, so how can we expect children to be so responsible that they won't be influenced by the negative vibes of gambling whether it be the use of excessive funds or keep on gambling to chase loses etc. To be honest, children can get the negative effects of gambling much more quickly as compared to adults.

It's better adult people not playing gambling in front of their children if they don't wants their children curious about what they do. Adult people doesn't knows when their children will playing gambling with their friends because their children can do that secretly. Adult people must guided their children carefully and doesn't have to show their gambling activities to their children.

When you are living at home with kids living with you, there is no way you can hide your gambling activities and kids will usually follow you or at least be curious to know where you are spending your time. Unless kids are very small, then it is a separate thing but with the kids of age 5 and above, its very hard to gamble without them being aware of your activities.

[Quidat]

Imo instead of hiding gambling or any related to gambling activities from your kids as a parents, it would have been more better to teach them more about it , like the negative effect that's attached to it , because even when you try your best to hide it from them. They may eventually endup learning it from someone else in their surroundings, or via social media, because alot of folks love posting about Their wins in gambling, due to fact that the world is getting more digital each day kids of now and days can easily, approach such via the internet or social medias. That's why is better to teach them more about gambling especially the harmful part in gambling.  So that they will know how to handle things if they find themselves in such situation.

Parents need to understand that the world has changed, years ago you could only be influenced by the people close to you and what you watched on TV, but now you can be influenced by what people all over the world can do, and you can even select the specific topics in which you are interested, so hiding information from their kids is no longer an option, and if they want the best for them, they need to teach them about the true nature of gambling, why it is a bad idea for them to engage in it and avoid it if one of their friends offline or online propose them to participate in it.

Just because the world is modernized and people are making maximum use of technology does not mean that a child will be a minor to do such activities. No matter how advanced technology is, the thinking of an adult is not the same as that of a minor. He is an experienced person, but he must take decisions carefully. The fact that gambling is accessible does not mean that young children will indulge in gambling at the expense of their studies. It is natural that they may gamble when they become adults and have decision-making powers as they should fully focus on their studies while they are building their careers.

But of course on which as a parent then it would be just that right that we should really be that guiding our kids as much as we could since we do have that responsibilities on raise our kids on the right path.Although we do know that it's something that hard because of the easy access that we do have today on which they could possibly be able to encounter things on which it's out of our awareness and that's why it would be that relevant that on telling them as early as possible.If you are someone whose a parent then it would be just that right that you should be leading them on the right way of things rather than on going on something's risky.

[madnessteat]

A question to all: when was the last time you see kids gambling? Or have your ever saw kids gambling? I went to google to search for some pictures. Most of "kids gambling" pictures were stock photos or something staged, or was just random gambling photos. This questions appeared in my head, when I saw 14-16yo kids smoking on school stadium. When I have searched for "kids smoking" in google, indeed I found more real pictures than kids gambling. Why nobody fights so passionate about kids and smoking?

The last time I saw underage kids gambling was before they made designated gambling areas in our country. I remember back then there were casinos in every neighborhood and many grocery stores had slot machines that accepted coins. Since the sellers of such stores physically did not have time to keep track of all the visitors during peak hours, underage youths took advantage of this.

Currently, I do not have the opportunity to play in land-based casinos, as I play online, but I am sure that there is a lot of underage gamblers.

There are some certain things we don't have to do in the presence of the children because they might want to do like there father without have a good knowledge about what it is all about. Gambling is fun and the activities might be addictive to the extent that we could be surprised the kind of result we are getting. There are things we need to be observant about and we don't have to do in the presence of the children if we really want to have a lovely father that would not turn to something else. Gambling can sometimes be addictive but we just have to keep trying to ameliorate things in the right order.

I absolutely agree with you about the fact that we must hide from our children our passion for gambling because children often copy the behavior of their parents without even realizing it.

Although I started gambling long before my adulthood and I can confidently say that I personally do not have any problems with gambling and all thanks to the fact that I learned to limit myself.

But I would not want my children to gamble until they come of age.

[nara1892]

Just because the world is modernized and people are making maximum use of technology does not mean that a child will be a minor to do such activities. No matter how advanced technology is, the thinking of an adult is not the same as that of a minor. He is an experienced person, but he must take decisions carefully. The fact that gambling is accessible does not mean that young children will indulge in gambling at the expense of their studies. It is natural that they may gamble when they become adults and have decision-making powers as they should fully focus on their studies while they are building their careers.

But of course on which as a parent then it would be just that right that we should really be that guiding our kids as much as we could since we do have that responsibilities on raise our kids on the right path.Although we do know that it's something that hard because of the easy access that we do have today on which they could possibly be able to encounter things on which it's out of our awareness and that's why it would be that relevant that on telling them as early as possible.If you are someone whose a parent then it would be just that right that you should be leading them on the right way of things rather than on going on something's risky.

Yes, because after all it is an obligation for a child which is completely our own responsibility as parents, no one will care about your child except you, and this is a general thing that everyone should know, but yes, sometimes there are It's just that some parents are irresponsible for everything they have done, one of which is that they don't give full attention to their children, who in fact tend to ignore them.

On the other hand, yes, I understand that we live in a modern, digital era where everything can be done and found very easily, one of which is online-based gambling, which means of course this is a dangerous situation, in the sense that it is very possible to make children - Our children fall into gambling without us realizing it as you said, and this is why parenting or directing children to the right things along with implementing various forms of preventative measures must be further improved by parents.

[piebeyb]

On the other hand, yes, I understand that we live in a modern, digital era where everything can be done and found very easily, one of which is online-based gambling, which means of course this is a dangerous situation, in the sense that it is very possible to make children - Our children fall into gambling without us realizing it as you said, and this is why parenting or directing children to the right things along with implementing various forms of preventative measures must be further improved by parents.

Yes, it all comes back to the role of parents because only they can supervise their children at home, even though in this modern era all access to gambling can be done easily just by connecting to the internet. Still, it must be kept away from the house, for example by cutting off access to sites and advertisements. any kind of gambling cannot be accessed by minors, because there are many cases where minors play slot gambling and become addicted to it so that the child commits a criminal act, namely stealing money from his school friends and this is beyond the parents' ability to supervise their child.

Every parent has limits, therefore, take advantage of these limits in the house so that our children cannot access them easily, for example gambling advertisements are also very influential and dangerous for children to see, where large amounts of money are often displayed or someone is winning a big money jackpot. so that it attracts children's attention to try games so they can earn money from gambling, even though it is just part of advertising marketing, not real. it all comes back to the stricter role of parents, the better.

[AYOBA]

Never gamble in front of your kids, OP from the topic I don't think you can avoid what's coming, it doesn't matter if you do it in front of your kids or not, what will be will be. As long as you're a gambler it might get into you child to be a gambler that's if he wants because the world today is just exposed to so many things, you hide it from your children doesn't mean they won't learn it from outside and they might even be a bettter than you are if care isn't taken. So I'd say, as parents do your part and let nature take it's cause. You can gamble in front of your kids and he or she might just over look it, like not having it in mind to try it, that's life, is all about choice.

Are trying to say it cannot possibly for a parent to avoid gamble in front of their kids, it can possibly even thought the world has exposed there a way many ways to avoid a kids from gamble. Because no matter how the kids is trying to hide from his parents that it will not let him know that is into gambling, one day it might exposed that the parents can definitely know we all know that this life is all about choice, but a kids that knows himself will know go after his parents.

And the reason why some children are after their parents at home is when the parents refuse take the home responsibility, the children can definitely go hustle for they can survive with their mother in their home.

[Accardo]

A question to all: when was the last time you see kids gambling? Or have your ever saw kids gambling? I went to google to search for some pictures. Most of "kids gambling" pictures were stock photos or something staged, or was just random gambling photos. This questions appeared in my head, when I saw 14-16yo kids smoking on school stadium. When I have searched for "kids smoking" in google, indeed I found more real pictures than kids gambling. Why nobody fights so passionate about kids and smoking?

The last time I saw underage kids gambling was before they made designated gambling areas in our country. I remember back then there were casinos in every neighborhood and many grocery stores had slot machines that accepted coins. Since the sellers of such stores physically did not have time to keep track of all the visitors during peak hours, underage youths took advantage of this.

Currently, I do not have the opportunity to play in land-based casinos, as I play online, but I am sure that there is a lot of underage gamblers.

Once a child is supplied with an internet accessible phone he'll have a high propensity to get in on the act of gambling. How then do we look forward to find by chance such kids, who are locked in their private room with a phone? Does it come in mind to snap themselves and publish online? It's not a bragging right, they're secretly engaging in gambling. Expecting to see on search engines or popular websites loads of pictorial contents presenting gambling kids to viewers is unessential. I guess such contents can be found on special interest boards known by specific people, and the sites don't rank on google. Probably configured to be hidden from the general public.

[Ojima-ojo]

A question to all: when was the last time you see kids gambling? Or have your ever saw kids gambling? I went to google to search for some pictures. Most of "kids gambling" pictures were stock photos or something staged, or was just random gambling photos. This questions appeared in my head, when I saw 14-16yo kids smoking on school stadium. When I have searched for "kids smoking" in google, indeed I found more real pictures than kids gambling. Why nobody fights so passionate about kids and smoking?

The last time I saw underage kids gambling was before they made designated gambling areas in our country. I remember back then there were casinos in every neighborhood and many grocery stores had slot machines that accepted coins. Since the sellers of such stores physically did not have time to keep track of all the visitors during peak hours, underage youths took advantage of this.

Currently, I do not have the opportunity to play in land-based casinos, as I play online, but I am sure that there is a lot of underage gamblers.

Once a child is supplied with an internet accessible phone he'll have a high propensity to get in on the act of gambling. How then do we look forward to find by chance such kids, who are locked in their private room with a phone? Does it come in mind to snap themselves and publish online? It's not a bragging right, they're secretly engaging in gambling. Expecting to see on search engines or popular websites loads of pictorial contents presenting gambling kids to viewers is unessential. I guess such contents can be found on special interest boards known by specific people, and the sites don't rank on google. Probably configured to be hidden from the general public.

Kids of this age have access to alot of things that even the parents may not know about, as long as there is an internet connectivity for them, to access such sites or come across gambling sites on the internet is very easy for them, sometimes even though gambling advert may be configured to display only on adults browsers it is still very likely that kids get access to such promotion same ways the adult person also have access to those promotions so it becomes hard for parents to monitor they kids against such promotion and gaming site's.

[jossiel]

I don't understand whether children should be gambling in front of them but I have seen little the boys in my area gambling through mobiles. However, the parents of those who gambled through mobile were not addicted to gambling, but their children were addicted to gambling. Even though their parents never gambled in front of those children, they still learned to gamble. They are hated by the family for such activities.

That's because of the surroundings and the influence of their friends. It's really because of how they've managed to see gambling through mobiles from their friends.

If it's not because of their friends, they won't gamble just like their parents. But even the surroundings is out of scope of the parents, they still need to check their kids from time to time and what they're doing with their gadgets.

[HelliumZ]

I don't understand whether children should be gambling in front of them but I have seen little the boys in my area gambling through mobiles. However, the parents of those who gambled through mobile were not addicted to gambling, but their children were addicted to gambling. Even though their parents never gambled in front of those children, they still learned to gamble. They are hated by the family for such activities.

That's because of the surroundings and the influence of their friends. It's really because of how they've managed to see gambling through mobiles from their friends.

If it's not because of their friends, they won't gamble just like their parents. But even the surroundings is out of scope of the parents, they still need to check their kids from time to time and what they're doing with their gadgets.

I totally agree with your comment because if there is no bad influence of friends from the environment then no way a child will be attracted to gambling. The influence of bad friends and bad use of mobile phones are forcing children to become gamblers.
But a parent never wants their child to become a gambler rather a caring parents always wishes her child a bright future. However, if a parent becomes addicted to gambling in front of the child, the child will be somewhat affected by the parent's actions. So parents should never get drunk on gambling in front of their children.

[Onyeeze]

I will not advice any person to gamble in the presence of the children because offsprings can emulate what their parents is doing and they think that everything that comes from their parents is right thing most especially when you are doing a such frequently so I think that is not knowledgeable for someone to make analysis of gambling in the presence of it children so anyone who is doing that is educating the children on how to participate in gambling unknown to the person so I believe that it is a wrong concept for someone to analyze and Gamble in the presence of the children

[LUCKMCFLY]

Let people make informed judgments and handle risk's ups and downs. Financial literacy and gambling risks can be taught to kids. Will assure long-term success

I think that is the best thing that can be done, for me children should be taught financial education from a young age, because that is what I consider was missing, I start from the fact that current education is corrupt, because it does not teach how to be professionals to work for others, that is what it all boils down to, today's children should be taught financial education so that they realize for themselves what it takes to play in a casino, where things are by chance and what is risked the most is money including emotions and other things that include, in that aspect they will know by themselves that these casinos are for adults, to risk a little money and as a method of fun.

[Sandra_hakeem]

I think that is the best thing that can be done, for me children should be taught financial education from a young age, because that is what I consider was missing, I start from the fact that current education is corrupt, because it does not teach how to be professionals to work for others, that is what it all boils down to, today's children should be taught financial education so that they realize for themselves what it takes to play in a casino, where things are by chance and what is risked the most is money including emotions and other things that include, in that aspect they will know by themselves that these casinos are for adults, to risk a little money and as a method of fun.

what do you mean financial education? That we all should teach our children how to gamble and show 'em the risk so they can stay away from it? You don't blame everything on education... You could want to focus more on redefining that objection of yours. What sort of parents would lead their child to something and then ask them to not practice it?
Children are very versatile creatures that would emulate the least mistake that's repeated twice; seen a kid from kindergarten walking half-bent as though she's old, clutching onto a little weird stick... That's how her grandmother walks! Whatever you don't want them to know, which isn't a necessity, don't show them!

[Rampagoe004]

Once a child is supplied with an internet accessible phone he'll have a high propensity to get in on the act of gambling. How then do we look forward to find by chance such kids, who are locked in their private room with a phone? Does it come in mind to snap themselves and publish online? It's not a bragging right, they're secretly engaging in gambling. Expecting to see on search engines or popular websites loads of pictorial contents presenting gambling kids to viewers is unessential. I guess such contents can be found on special interest boards known by specific people, and the sites don't rank on google. Probably configured to be hidden from the general public.

Therefore, it is important to limit and supervise children so that they remain under parental supervision. Children who are given smartphones and spend a lot of time on their cellphones without being monitored by their parents tend to make these children vulnerable to gambling. Currently there is a lot of information and advertisements from Google that lead to gambling sites. I even found a link to a gambling site on my friend's child's social media account. Even though they never access gambling, I am confused about how the algorithm works. Gambling sites can pay huge sums to get their ads shown to as many viewers as possible.