Never gamble in front of your kids.

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I also think that you should not play in front of children, because they like to copy any actions from their parents. I don’t want to say that after they see us playing, they will immediately steal the money and go do the same thing. But this may occur several years later or during adolescence. They will have memories of those colorful pictures on the screen and cheerful music, as well as the bright emotions of their father or mother. Even if they were not very joyful, screaming or talking to oneself also attracts the attention of children. Adults simply underestimate this situation and pursue their own interests in the game and at the same time very often do not want to make sure that children are not around. I never make mistakes that could have a negative impact on them in the future due to incorrect, very positive perceptions in childhood.

Children are quick learners. At that stage of life any adult they see seems to be like a role model to them and if they consistently see an adult doing a particular thing multiple times they feel it is the right to do. Gambling in front of our kid should not be encouraged and this is because its something we ourselves are trying to stop and most times we regret the fact we entered into gambling and we would always advice people close to us not to stat gambling. I think we do not wish our children to have the same gambling experience we had unless it is a good way.

Infact no parent s would wan their kids to grow up as a gambler, they wish good jobs for their children to be successful so they dont think about gambling as an option to make money or double money.

[Accardo]

I also think that you should not play in front of children, because they like to copy any actions from their parents. I don’t want to say that after they see us playing, they will immediately steal the money and go do the same thing. But this may occur several years later or during adolescence. They will have memories of those colorful pictures on the screen and cheerful music, as well as the bright emotions of their father or mother. Even if they were not very joyful, screaming or talking to oneself also attracts the attention of children. Adults simply underestimate this situation and pursue their own interests in the game and at the same time very often do not want to make sure that children are not around. I never make mistakes that could have a negative impact on them in the future due to incorrect, very positive perceptions in childhood.

Children are quick learners. At that stage of life any adult they see seems to be like a role model to them and if they consistently see an adult doing a particular thing multiple times they feel it is the right to do. Gambling in front of our kid should not be encouraged and this is because its something we ourselves are trying to stop and most times we regret the fact we entered into gambling and we would always advice people close to us not to stat gambling. I think we do not wish our children to have the same gambling experience we had unless it is a good way.

Infact no parent s would wan their kids to grow up as a gambler, they wish good jobs for their children to be successful so they dont think about gambling as an option to make money or double money.

Another disadvantage of gambling in kids presence is the trust kids have on their parents as role model. No child would think of his dad doing the wrong thing. Seeing him gamble would make the child within him conclude that gambling is for everybody. If the child is not told that gambling isn't for kids he could engage in the game earlier before he gets to the right gambling stage. This problem puts lots of young players into trouble. Kids learn faster from their parents more than anyone else. When they move with other kids a gambling conversation could be initiated by them, which is not healthy for the kids.

Hence, parents need to know that they manage a huge aspect of the world with their little portion of kids. Whatever they learn at home other kids will hear it too, then it spreads to a wider range of kids, doing almost the same mistakes. Some parents careless about this because they could be undergoing problem gambling. Unfortunately, kids from such upbringing always wants to gamble, and may get compulsive. As they wouldn't mind repeating what's on the memory regarding his dad or mom as a gambler. Those who don't mind if their kids get addicted can be considered a compulsive gambling parent.

[Slow death]

Here in my country something strange is happening, and that is that when my country's children are told by their parents to buy something at the market, when they return from the market, they are unable to give the money left over after buying everything their parents sent them. When their parents ask them where their remaining money is, they can't answer. After investigating, he discovered that the children in my country are taking the remaining money when they are told to buy something and playing on the slot machines that are in every market and street in my country. Since it is prohibited for minors to play in my country, so the government of my country took a decision to ban slot machines in markets and streets

because the cases of minors playing on slot machines in my country have become very high, even giving the government of my country another option, so the government of my country is confiscating the slot machines that are on the streets of my country country and will only allow and recommend that adults play in physical casinos in my country. This situation reached this level because the unhappy people in my country kept playing in front of the children, and as a result the children also started gambling and losing money.

[oktana]

Never ever do anything you wouldn’t want your kids to do while they’re watching. Let’s not forget that children are a replica of their parents. And they learn from what they see and hear. So if they even do something it’s because they’ve seen or heard it somewhere. Gambling, smoking, etc. these are behaviors that they should never see but instead, build their mind to better ways to make money. It’s difficult if you’re a chronic gambler though but the kids are better off without a father than learning things that’ll only ruin their life.

[Jody.Drummer]

Never ever do anything you wouldn’t want your kids to do while they’re watching. Let’s not forget that children are a replica of their parents. And they learn from what they see and hear. So if they even do something it’s because they’ve seen or heard it somewhere. Gambling, smoking, etc. these are behaviors that they should never see but instead, build their mind to better ways to make money. It’s difficult if you’re a chronic gambler though but the kids are better off without a father than learning things that’ll only ruin their life.

True, the point is that it is fine if you want to do whatever you want even if it is a negative activity but one thing we must remember here is to never do it in front of your children, or if for example you are gambling and your child approaches you then obviously it is better to postpone your gambling activity and continue at a later time. On the other hand, I'm sure all parents don't want to see their children involved in negative activities or have bad habits, and this precaution does not only apply to gambling but to anything that can have a negative impact on a child's health or personality.

Because as you said above that children are replicas of their parents, or you can also call them like sponges that easily absorb whatever they see from what adults, especially their parents, do, and in my opinion no matter how chronic the parents' involvement in gambling I think they will definitely care about their children, but there are also some gamblers who even really have a very severe mindset which you may have seen in some previous topics that there is a father who leaves his toddler at home alone just to go to a physical casino to gamble.

[moneystery]

it is something that many parents fear, where their children are exposed to gambling from an early age because of their friends. this is a challenge for parents, because it is impossible for the child to be monitored 24 hours at home, there will definitely be an occasion where he plays with his friends and maybe he can find out about gambling from this.

and because of this it is important for parents to know who their children are playing with and as much as possible monitor how the children spend their money. if there are things that are a little suspicious, parents should ask what their children are doing out there because they could be gambling without their parents knowing.

if you want to have a good family I don't think that is good for you to be gambling in the presence of your children, for my own understanding I think it is it disrespect to the home because, your children will you be following your step knowing that children come emulate very fast from what their parents he doing discuss more of gambling to if not good in presence of your children because they may grab the information of a government, so from my own understanding it is not fair to teach your children a gambling because that will make a children to steal

as heads of household it is important for them to be able to set a good example to their children, and therefore if a head of household is a gambler, they must be able to keep various things related to gambling away from their children. there are many ways they can do this, such as gambling in a more private place, keeping devices used for gambling away from children, and not discussing the problem of gambling at home. they can do these things to keep the bad effects of gambling away from their children.

[Betwrong]

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That is actually a real problem that I see among parents. Sometimes, when I see they play with kids (does not matter if it is gambling, board games or sports games), they play like they compete against equal adult. That is really annoying when I see adults beat kids, let say in chess, and call it as a valuable lesson, because kids needs to learn that the life if tough.

Yeah, I agree, that's just annoying to watch, and hardly it gives kids any valuable lessons. Rather, they think "when I grow up I will be able to beat all the kids around in any game too!".

I hope you realize that I didn't that kind of game. What I meant was playing a casino game, online or land-based one, in front of your kid in order to show him that it's easy to lose a lot of money in a short period of time, and that wins happen much less often than losses, stuff like that.

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Btw, what about playing monopoly? Game with play money, but it teaches about investment, trading. If people avoid gambling in front of kids because they are afraid that kids will grow up addicted to gambling and lose money. Then why Monopoly is different? Because kids might grow up addicted to trading and lose money. Wikipedia says Monopoly is suited for +8 yo.

Monopoly is different because of the pace of the game, first of all. Anyone who ever played this game knows that there's no rush, you can take your time to think about your next move. I think it's possible that because of playing Monopoly some kids might grow up addicted to trading and lose money later, but it's very unlikely.

[TopTort777]

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Btw, what about playing monopoly? Game with play money, but it teaches about investment, trading. If people avoid gambling in front of kids because they are afraid that kids will grow up addicted to gambling and lose money. Then why Monopoly is different? Because kids might grow up addicted to trading and lose money. Wikipedia says Monopoly is suited for +8 yo.

Monopoly is different because of the pace of the game, first of all. Anyone who ever played this game knows that there's no rush, you can take your time to think about your next move. I think it's possible that because of playing Monopoly some kids might grow up addicted to trading and lose money later, but it's very unlikely.

But it works in the same way according to many. That "possible" and "might" turns into obligatory. There are parents whos idea is to teach kids investing as early as possible, so they wont miss opportunity to buy "potential next big thing" (like bitcoin) for 1 dollar, and sell it later for 65k (like same bitcoin). On the other hand people say that newbies should learn to trade/invest/dyor. How come kids do that? No how. So they are pushing kids on something impossible. The monopoly is just an instrument of teaching. Like playing blackjack to kill time, while it parallel teach them to count till 21. In the end we get monopoly suited for kids and gambling strongly not.

[traderethereum]

as heads of household it is important for them to be able to set a good example to their children, and therefore if a head of household is a gambler, they must be able to keep various things related to gambling away from their children. there are many ways they can do this, such as gambling in a more private place, keeping devices used for gambling away from children, and not discussing the problem of gambling at home. they can do these things to keep the bad effects of gambling away from their children.

If father wants to playing gambling, he do not have to shows his gambling activity in fronts of his children. That will gives their children experiences of gambling and the desires to try gambling with their friends.
By gambling in other places, his children will not sees him and he also does not needs to gives his children the gambling experiences. Adults people around their children also needs to do the same to keeps their children away from the influences of gambling.
Parents cannot always keeps their children away from these bad influences, but with guidance from their parents, their children will not approaches gambling. They will know that gambling can gives a bad influence on them. This is important to provides awareness to children so that they do not get involved in gambling.

[GigaBit]

I also think that you should not play in front of children, because they like to copy any actions from their parents. I don’t want to say that after they see us playing, they will immediately steal the money and go do the same thing. But this may occur several years later or during adolescence. They will have memories of those colorful pictures on the screen and cheerful music, as well as the bright emotions of their father or mother. Even if they were not very joyful, screaming or talking to oneself also attracts the attention of children. Adults simply underestimate this situation and pursue their own interests in the game and at the same time very often do not want to make sure that children are not around. I never make mistakes that could have a negative impact on them in the future due to incorrect, very positive perceptions in childhood.

Children are quick learners. At that stage of life any adult they see seems to be like a role model to them and if they consistently see an adult doing a particular thing multiple times they feel it is the right to do. Gambling in front of our kid should not be encouraged and this is because its something we ourselves are trying to stop and most times we regret the fact we entered into gambling and we would always advice people close to us not to stat gambling. I think we do not wish our children to have the same gambling experience we had unless it is a good way.

Infact no parent s would wan their kids to grow up as a gambler, they wish good jobs for their children to be successful so they dont think about gambling as an option to make money or double money.

If a wrong action of the parents is imitated by the children, the children consider that action as right because they think that everything their parents do is right. And if at that time a parent discusses gambling issues or they gamble then the initiates are encouraged to do so. I have seen some children who try to do what their parents like to do so that their parents are happy with them. Parents must exercise utmost caution in managing gambling with any negative actions or gambling-related issues. Otherwise a negative trend will work in the development of his family kids. Parents are consider child's first teacher. The education they receive at the beginning of their life is remembered for the rest of their lives.

[danherbias07]

Never ever do anything you wouldn’t want your kids to do while they’re watching. Let’s not forget that children are a replica of their parents. And they learn from what they see and hear. So if they even do something it’s because they’ve seen or heard it somewhere. Gambling, smoking, etc. these are behaviors that they should never see but instead, build their mind to better ways to make money. It’s difficult if you’re a chronic gambler though but the kids are better off without a father than learning things that’ll only ruin their life.

Especially with kids today that know how to tinker with technology. They have smartphones now and they have access to the internet. I was actually shocked just a few weeks ago when I heard my 5 years old using the voice thing to find something on YouTube. I didn't even know that. It will be bad if they see their parents doing something awful like gambling and they will also try to search for the name of whatever game they are playing. I don't want to happen.
As much as possible, my gambling time is when they are at school or they are already sleeping. It works for me because I work mostly at night. Only my wife knows about what I do and even if I win it's only her that will know about it and she will just tell the kids that we will go out because Daddy has money. 
It's better that way, make them innocent of bad habits as long as possible until they can really understand what is happening and they will make their own decisions on what they should do.

[Blitzboy]

Never ever do anything you wouldn’t want your kids to do while they’re watching. Let’s not forget that children are a replica of their parents. And they learn from what they see and hear. So if they even do something it’s because they’ve seen or heard it somewhere. Gambling, smoking, etc. these are behaviors that they should never see but instead, build their mind to better ways to make money. It’s difficult if you’re a chronic gambler though but the kids are better off without a father than learning things that’ll only ruin their life.

True, the point is that it is fine if you want to do whatever you want even if it is a negative activity but one thing we must remember here is to never do it in front of your children, or if for example you are gambling and your child approaches you then obviously it is better to postpone your gambling activity and continue at a later time. On the other hand, I'm sure all parents don't want to see their children involved in negative activities or have bad habits, and this precaution does not only apply to gambling but to anything that can have a negative impact on a child's health or personality.

Because as you said above that children are replicas of their parents, or you can also call them like sponges that easily absorb whatever they see from what adults, especially their parents, do, and in my opinion no matter how chronic the parents' involvement in gambling I think they will definitely care about their children, but there are also some gamblers who even really have a very severe mindset which you may have seen in some previous topics that there is a father who leaves his toddler at home alone just to go to a physical casino to gamble.

Parenting and gambling are complex, but we must confront them. Kids are highly smart. Fantastic parents remember that kids notice everything. Gambling should be managed carefully, especially with children. Some people view gambling as fun, which is great if its done safely. I hate negligence, but there's a big difference between prudent gambling and neglecting your kids.

Gambling doesnt make parents horrible.  Set clear limits and know when and how to participate. Leaving your child to gamble? Clearly wrong. Balance and prioritizing kids are key. We must be the ideal role models, showing control and moderation in everything, not just gambling. Our kids are watching, therefore we must guide them to a bright future.

[Accardo]

as heads of household it is important for them to be able to set a good example to their children, and therefore if a head of household is a gambler, they must be able to keep various things related to gambling away from their children. there are many ways they can do this, such as gambling in a more private place, keeping devices used for gambling away from children, and not discussing the problem of gambling at home. they can do these things to keep the bad effects of gambling away from their children.

If father wants to playing gambling, he do not have to shows his gambling activity in fronts of his children. That will gives their children experiences of gambling and the desires to try gambling with their friends.
By gambling in other places, his children will not sees him and he also does not needs to gives his children the gambling experiences. Adults people around their children also needs to do the same to keeps their children away from the influences of gambling.
Parents cannot always keeps their children away from these bad influences, but with guidance from their parents, their children will not approaches gambling. They will know that gambling can gives a bad influence on them. This is important to provides awareness to children so that they do not get involved in gambling.

Despite the aggressive publicity on gambling around every environment lots of people still don't engage into gambling, due to the type of training given to them by their parent. Unfortunately, some parents tell their kids ill things about gambling which scare them away from the act. It helps but it's not right to tarnish the image of gamblers in your kid's presence. However, parents who gamble around their kids, also, are not getting things right because of the disadvantages this will cause in future on the children. We all need to draft a specific time for gaming especially when the kids are sleeping or away from the house. I don't seem to understand why some players gamble openly.

Does it mean their rooms are not enough for gambling. Kids are mainly trained to spend time in their own room or the sitting room. They rarely stay in their parent's room. It's always okay for a dad or mom to gamble in their private rooms for the safety of the children. While, still, educating them on the needs to stay clear from gambling and how rough it could be for young people. This is necessary because of the society we find ourselves, not all parents care about their kid's wellbeing, if we don't gamble in the presence of our kids, other people could be doing this, and we don't know who they are, if same kids from a home with such parental training spend time with ours. So, preparing the kids to repel on any advice from whosoever, regarding participating in gambling at a tender age, is important.

[TopTort777]

Despite the aggressive publicity on gambling around every environment lots of people still don't engage into gambling, due to the type of training given to them by their parent. Unfortunately, some parents tell their kids ill things about gambling which scare them away from the act. It helps but it's not right to tarnish the image of gamblers in your kid's presence. However, parents who gamble around their kids, also, are not getting things right because of the disadvantages this will cause in future on the children. We all need to draft a specific time for gaming especially when the kids are sleeping or away from the house. I don't seem to understand why some players gamble openly.

Does it mean their rooms are not enough for gambling. Kids are mainly trained to spend time in their own room or the sitting room. They rarely stay in their parent's room. It's always okay for a dad or mom to gamble in their private rooms for the safety of the children. While, still, educating them on the needs to stay clear from gambling and how rough it could be for young people. This is necessary because of the society we find ourselves, not all parents care about their kid's wellbeing, if we don't gamble in the presence of our kids, other people could be doing this, and we don't know who they are, if same kids from a home with such parental training spend time with ours. So, preparing the kids to repel on any advice from whosoever, regarding participating in gambling at a tender age, is important.

Accardo, do you have kids? If you do, have you tried gambling in front of them? I see that you have mentioned that kids spend a lot of time in their room. I have mentioned that before but a bit differently. It is hard to get kid out from their room or space, to spend time with adults. Kids are not much interested what adults do at home. Trust me. They would better stay out of parents sight, so parents wont load them with work. I am pretty much sure, if you and your friends start gambling in main room, kids will only come to look what you are doing and then run away doing their stuff. As they are actually busy all the time. They dont have much time to spend with parents. Instead, you have to fight for their attention today.

P.S. What disadvantages they will have after seeing parents gamble? Please dont mention addiction. It is not a proven fact that they will be addicted.

[summonerrk]

It's better that way, make them innocent of bad habits as long as possible until they can really understand what is happening and they will make their own decisions on what they should do.

Right. Children are not to blame for copying the behavior of their parents. It's also not their fault that they constantly want to learn something new. Even if it's something bad like gambling. Even teenagers who seem like grown-up children still copy their parents. What they see is immediately remembered and stored in memory. In fact, by our actions we are writing their life story. Therefore, it is very important not to show aggression in front of children when playing gambling. It's hard, because gambling is about emotions and money. But children are much more important than all this.

[Fredomago]

It's better that way, make them innocent of bad habits as long as possible until they can really understand what is happening and they will make their own decisions on what they should do.

Right. Children are not to blame for copying the behavior of their parents. It's also not their fault that they constantly want to learn something new. Even if it's something bad like gambling. Even teenagers who seem like grown-up children still copy their parents. What they see is immediately remembered and stored in memory. In fact, by our actions we are writing their life story. Therefore, it is very important not to show aggression in front of children when playing gambling. It's hard, because gambling is about emotions and money. But children are much more important than all this.

Indeed, they just following what they are seeing around I guess the only thing that you can do if you really don't want to see any imitations from your kids is to prevent doing things that will gain their attentions, especially now where gambling is just like a normal game where it easily attracts attentions to young kids,

they think that when you just click the spin button on your slot it will spin up and will create things that will be look like an entertaining ordianry games so better to have that responsibility inside you,

don't do anything that will create interest and will give you pain in the butt when time comes that your kids already learning the process and start using your device to play.

[Jody.Drummer]

It's better that way, make them innocent of bad habits as long as possible until they can really understand what is happening and they will make their own decisions on what they should do.

Right. Children are not to blame for copying the behavior of their parents. It's also not their fault that they constantly want to learn something new. Even if it's something bad like gambling. Even teenagers who seem like grown-up children still copy their parents. What they see is immediately remembered and stored in memory. In fact, by our actions we are writing their life story. Therefore, it is very important not to show aggression in front of children when playing gambling. It's hard, because gambling is about emotions and money. But children are much more important than all this.

We must understand that children are like sponges, they can absorb everything they see or hear without us knowing and usually we are quite surprised when we see them who can already do something without knowing when they learned it and like you said that a child cannot be blamed because they still cannot distinguish between good and bad, the point is that if they are interested in something they see or hear then usually they will learn it themselves.

A child will not know that gambling is a prohibited activity because it is dangerous, and the point is that if they see that the activity is done by adults then they will assume that it is okay to do or follow. Therefore, it is clear that showing something negative in front of children is an action that must be avoided, or the point is to try to keep negative activities out of their sight because obviously parents are the image of a child, this is about the safety of a child's future.

[Marvelockg]

It's better that way, make them innocent of bad habits as long as possible until they can really understand what is happening and they will make their own decisions on what they should do.

Right. Children are not to blame for copying the behavior of their parents. It's also not their fault that they constantly want to learn something new. Even if it's something bad like gambling. Even teenagers who seem like grown-up children still copy their parents. What they see is immediately remembered and stored in memory. In fact, by our actions we are writing their life story. Therefore, it is very important not to show aggression in front of children when playing gambling. It's hard, because gambling is about emotions and money. But children are much more important than all this.

Indeed, they just following what they are seeing around I guess the only thing that you can do if you really don't want to see any imitations from your kids is to prevent doing things that will gain their attentions, especially now where gambling is just like a normal game where it easily attracts attentions to young kids,

they think that when you just click the spin button on your slot it will spin up and will create things that will be look like an entertaining ordianry games so better to have that responsibility inside you,

don't do anything that will create interest and will give you pain in the butt when time comes that your kids already learning the process and start using your device to play.

the truth is that it's actually very deficult to engage in gambling activities without our children knowing about about it and if we're being honest, while we were much younger, there were a lot of things out parents engaged in thinking we didn't know about it but we all saw it and pretended as if we didn't only to go back and engage in those things. To some extent, a child that will engage in gamble will engage in gamble wether you hide your gambling habit from him or not, and it's not as though gambling in itself is outrightly wrong but it's just that at a tender age hey might not be emotionally matured enough to go into it as so I feel that the best we can do for them is to guide them through the process, ask them what they know about it and paint a narrative that tend to make them see the effect of being an addicted gamblers which will play a great role in discouraging them from picking interest in it. We forget that just by watching football with our small kids, thier is an high tendency that they understand how sports betting works and that if they have there ways, it wouldn't take time before they start getting involved in it. I now somany young boys in my street that started gambling at a tender age because the guys in the street and obvious gamblers and so as a parents, while you're looking out for ways to ensure your gambling habit doesn't entangle your child into getting involved in gambling at an early age, it's also necessary you know that what they see and observe from your surrending could turn them into chronic gamblers without your knowledge.

[piebeyb]

A child will not know that gambling is a prohibited activity because it is dangerous, and the point is that if they see that the activity is done by adults then they will assume that it is okay to do or follow. Therefore, it is clear that showing something negative in front of children is an action that must be avoided, or the point is to try to keep negative activities out of their sight because obviously parents are the image of a child, this is about the safety of a child's future.

Yes, of course, in a child's view, whatever their parents do is always good and good to imitate, so that's why a child can learn and follow what their parents play quickly without having to find out whether it's something good or not, I think that's true. It is important to stay away from anything that is not good so that you don't do it at home unless you really want to do it. Playing gambling when the children are asleep at night is better, but it all comes back to the habits of the parents.

Sometimes parents have a habit of not keeping track of the time so they just gamble at home in front of their children because they think too much that their children won't follow them, even though children can easily learn whatever their parents do, parents' gambling habits like that are usually already in place. categorized as an addict because if you are not an addict you can certainly arrange your gambling time at the right time, at least gambling at night when the children are asleep, I still do this often, in fact I consistently do it without my children knowing that I am gambling, after all You don't have to force yourself to gamble in front of your children because it's not that important either.

[oktana]

Never ever do anything you wouldn’t want your kids to do while they’re watching. Let’s not forget that children are a replica of their parents. And they learn from what they see and hear. So if they even do something it’s because they’ve seen or heard it somewhere. Gambling, smoking, etc. these are behaviors that they should never see but instead, build their mind to better ways to make money. It’s difficult if you’re a chronic gambler though but the kids are better off without a father than learning things that’ll only ruin their life.

True, the point is that it is fine if you want to do whatever you want even if it is a negative activity but one thing we must remember here is to never do it in front of your children, or if for example you are gambling and your child approaches you then obviously it is better to postpone your gambling activity and continue at a later time. On the other hand, I'm sure all parents don't want to see their children involved in negative activities or have bad habits, and this precaution does not only apply to gambling but to anything that can have a negative impact on a child's health or personality.

Because as you said above that children are replicas of their parents, or you can also call them like sponges that easily absorb whatever they see from what adults, especially their parents, do, and in my opinion no matter how chronic the parents' involvement in gambling I think they will definitely care about their children, but there are also some gamblers who even really have a very severe mindset which you may have seen in some previous topics that there is a father who leaves his toddler at home alone just to go to a physical casino to gamble.

Parenting and gambling are complex, but we must confront them. Kids are highly smart. Fantastic parents remember that kids notice everything. Gambling should be managed carefully, especially with children. Some people view gambling as fun, which is great if its done safely. I hate negligence, but there's a big difference between prudent gambling and neglecting your kids.

Gambling doesnt make parents horrible.  Set clear limits and know when and how to participate. Leaving your child to gamble? Clearly wrong. Balance and prioritizing kids are key. We must be the ideal role models, showing control and moderation in everything, not just gambling. Our kids are watching, therefore we must guide them to a bright future.

Gambling doesn’t make parents horrible but it can make the children lives miserable. You may be underestimating the power of gambling if you don’t see this, and wrongfully exposing your children to things they shouldn’t know about. And eventually they may know about what that is, etc. we should be careful what we let our kids learn because when they are young, it’s easier for them to fall for traps.