Never gamble in front of your kids.

[kawetsriyanto]

I think most people would agree that gambling in front of children is bad behavior, even if it is occasional. One day they will find out for themselves what gambling is, without us having to introduce it from an early age by gambling in front of them, that's for sure. We know that children have a very curious nature, and they definitely have a tendency to want to know more about gambling after seeing their parents gamble. The impact this will have will be very bad for its development, this is a consideration that must be emphasized.

Agree. Since the children is underage for gambling, they shouldn't know gambling. Children are mostly very curious with something done by their parents, especially something like gambling which is literally playing certain games. Children naturally are very happy to do something that they assume like games. If they know gambling games, they must try to play it. Then, they are probably addicted because they will play more often when they know well playing the games. It will be worse when they know it can give them money if they won it. This potentially becomes a big problem someday.

The worst impact on children is when they think gambling is an activity that can be taken for granted in every environment, this can happen because they do not yet have a comprehensive understanding of gambling. Children also don't understand the risks that can arise from gambling, and they also don't have much consideration, so it's better for us to choose not to gamble in front of children. That's just my personal assumption, it could be that in some places gambling in front of children isn't something to worry about, it all depends on your own point of view.

Yep. It will be worse if the children think it is a part of their regular activities daily. Moreover, if they are already aware about the potential money to get from the gambling games. They easily spend bigger and bigger money because they must be obsessed to earn bigger money from gambling. Since they have no mature mentality, they won't set the limitation on the money to use in gambling. Well, it will be very worrying if children already play gambling and be addicted with the gambling. It will be difficult to recover them if they are addicted already.

[South Park]

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.

[Mr.right85]

Gambling in front of children will make them want to know about it and at some point when they learn to understand this experience will attract them to gamble.

If it works like this, then how can you explain if you eat vegetables or healthy food in front of kids, they still prefer fast food? They dont even want to try vegetables, even though you try to show them how tasty they are. I am sure that when you was a kid, you were around people who smoke or drink alcohol (100% sure at your birthday parents and guests drink wine or Champaign). That did not force you to become drinker and heavy smoker though. The problem with kids and gambling is not "if they see they would want to try", but lack of explanation about gambling.

If you go at it this way, you just might miss the point.

While these and that activities might be copied, a couple of others wouldn’t. We can as well say it doesn’t apply to every child but, this singular act of showing of these habits before them kids is influencing.

Don’t forget kids learn by copying, mimicking what their parents do or someone they idolize. Yeah, not all activities are copied and that’s where you have to look at it from the point of; what is there to gain!

Speaking of eating veggies, you have your health to gain but, the tastebuds offers something more immediate in meat and what have you for fast food.
Relate this to gambling and you’ll find the monetary reward to be very enticing. When a kid grows up and finds out that, dad has been running the family with income from gambling, such kid is bound to give it a try.

[Toro iskandar]

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.

It is true that the changes of the times are different from before, many children now easily understand and take action according to developments in their respective environments without having to ask their parents for help. Especially those related to gambling, there are many types of gambling that appear through social media networks and it is very easy for children today to access without their parents' knowledge and this will also make it a task for parents to provide proper explanations and understanding to their children about real gambling so that children are not easily interested in doing it.

[junder]

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.

Good parents of course know which things are good to show their children and which are bad things not to be seen by their children. Apart from that, of course parents will basically teach and educate their children with things that have positive value, even by playing games that are not gambling, they will set a time limit so that they don't play for too long. Apart from that, influence from other people can make us want to do things that other people do, especially when it comes to profits, of course everyone wants profits that can be obtained quickly, unfortunately gambling is certainly not like that because of wrong thinking like that. it will only make them addicted. external interactions which will certainly be felt and received by all children will influence them whether they can differentiate between what is good for themselves and what is bad for them and this is where the importance of education from parents is, if the education they give can be understood well then I think children can choose right and wrong for themselves.

I myself think that when they are old enough or first get to know gambling, of course I will tell them about gambling which is not entirely enjoyable, because gambling can make someone addicted and destroy their life even though it is the fault of each individual but it cannot be denied that Gambling does have a strong temptation and attraction. Telling them is not wrong because the purpose of telling them is to make them aware not to gamble or not gamble excessively. Also, with the many cases of bad impacts that occur, I think this can be used as an example for them not to make mistakes that could harm themselves.

[danherbias07]

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.

As much as possible I don't even want to bring it up right now because I don't want them to have an idea about gambling. My kids are still young and I know they will somehow bump into gambling when they grow up. But as long as they are under my roof, it's better if they won't do it yet. Now, if they are already working, that's when we will talk deeply about it.

You are right though, the world is changing. There was a time that I forgot my smartphone at home and I waited 1 hour in a place that is like a park with many people to get my wife, that's when I realized a lot had changed. A group of people don't even talk but it's obvious they are all friends, their eyes are all just hooked on their smartphones.
There is silence too as most kids with their parents are just also using their phones, either playing a game or whatever they are doing there. That is not what I grew up with and I was kind of sad to see it. Truly, the internet and technology really changed us and our kids will grow up in this so we must be ready.

[Betwrong]

I agree with you but we should not give mobile phones to children as a warning. Because if you give mobile to kids then they will know about gambling. Also give your kids as much money as they need, because whenever you give more money then they will spend it in the wrong way. Gambling is very bad for children and it can ruin their lives. So how your baby grows up is completely in your hands.

It's not completely in your hands because you can't be near your child all the time. It's physically impossible. He/she can be influenced by the internet, TV, friends and other relatives, and you can't do much about it. But the most important thing is the understanding that kids shouldn't be gambling before certain age. If you have that understanding it's a big step forward already. Unfortunately, some parents think that what they should do is to teach their kids to gamble, the sooner the better, because, supposedly, they "are luckier at young age". If you know that that's wrong, it's already a good start.

[TopTort777]

I myself think that when they are old enough or first get to know gambling, of course I will tell them about gambling which is not entirely enjoyable, because gambling can make someone addicted and destroy their life even though it is the fault of each individual but it cannot be denied that Gambling does have a strong temptation and attraction. Telling them is not wrong because the purpose of telling them is to make them aware not to gamble or not gamble excessively. Also, with the many cases of bad impacts that occur, I think this can be used as an example for them not to make mistakes that could harm themselves.

Again people use that "get addicted and destroy their life" medieval scary story.

danherbias07 said it perfectly, "the world is changing". Nowadays, there are so many things to do, to discover, to try, so huge variety of entertaining, that a chance that a kid, after watching adults gamble, gets interesting in gambling is times lower than it was 20-50 years ago. If only gambling is around the kid, the no wonder that he will be interested in it, and if he isnt smart and educated, he will get addicted. But way to many possibilities are open for kids today.

Something does not come together with what I see around and that "growing amount of gamblers among youth". All youth are in social media and gadgets, than gambling online.

[TopTort777]

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?

[AVE5]

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 came from a region where underaged who does what isn't acceptable of their age are seem to be mannerless and for such kids to be blamed, the parents or guidance should be blamed first because the child is acting according to privileges and what's seem at their parents doing.
So gambling at the front or even having gambling discussions in front of kids is improper because kids are quick to capture bad knowledges such as addictions than what'd be profitable based on their tendered ages.
Kids seeing parents at any form of gambling relativity is assumed nurturing the child to do as they do. Such could really affirmed to the child gambling addictively and ruining it own life along.

[laijsica]

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 came from a region where underaged who does what isn't acceptable of their age are seem to be mannerless and for such kids to be blamed, the parents or guidance should be blamed first because the child is acting according to privileges and what's seem at their parents doing.
So gambling at the front or even having gambling discussions in front of kids is improper because kids are quick to capture bad knowledges such as addictions than what'd be profitable based on their tendered ages.
Kids seeing parents at any form of gambling relativity is assumed nurturing the child to do as they do. Such could really affirmed to the child gambling addictively and ruining it own life along.

Adults have many responsibilities in dealing with children that children imitate. For example, if someone smokes in front of a child, then later that child may want to smoke secretly, so it is better not to show such negative behavior or bad habits in front of the children. I don't think gambling is bad that divides the regions even visually. Children imitate the situation around them and if he sees gambling going on in front of them he may easily pick up but they should understand that gambling addiction is very bad and gradually he wants to take positive side of it.

[TopTort777]

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 came from a region where underaged who does what isn't acceptable of their age are seem to be mannerless and for such kids to be blamed, the parents or guidance should be blamed first because the child is acting according to privileges and what's seem at their parents doing.
So gambling at the front or even having gambling discussions in front of kids is improper because kids are quick to capture bad knowledges such as addictions than what'd be profitable based on their tendered ages.
Kids seeing parents at any form of gambling relativity is assumed nurturing the child to do as they do. Such could really affirmed to the child gambling addictively and ruining it own life along.

Such a bs  

You have mentioned 3 unconfirmed things in one post. Bravo. 1) addiction 2) gambling suppose to be bad 3) gambling ruins life with 100% probability. Just give a tiny proof why would kids get instantly interested in gambling, become addicted and ruin their lives after seeing someone gamble, and I would leave you alone.

Moreover, how come discussions aka explaining how work happen in the world could lead to addiction? My kid saw me posting on the crypto forum. Then I should not explain him what crypto is, because the kid will either invest in scam or be scammed? That is your logic? And crypto is used for money laundering and buy illegal stuff. That also means that I should never tell my kid what crypto is? That is your logic.

[Fredomago]

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.

True, there are many available sources of information all over the net unlike before the influence mostly coming from the people that sorrounds our kids, nowadays if you are not careful enough to monitor your kids they might be hook to something that they can learn online, maybe not a direct influence from you but if you are using devices that the kids can also use around there's a chance that they might visit or ads may show up from the site that they are visiting, especially if we are allowing our kids using social media platforms where those ads are available they might see it by themselves and got attracted to visit we never know what will happen next if interest hook them up.

[TopTort777]

Btw, ads in kids apps is a disaster. I dont know who is responsible to ads targeting, but when kids download free games where they have to watch ads between tries or levels, they are watch content that does not match their age or interest. From war to underwear shops or cosmetics. That is what parents fight with and monitor. And in this case, I would agree that kids should be limited gambling related info, because seeing every minute a casino advertisement is harmful.

[AVE5]

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 came from a region where underaged who does what isn't acceptable of their age are seem to be mannerless and for such kids to be blamed, the parents or guidance should be blamed first because the child is acting according to privileges and what's seem at their parents doing.
So gambling at the front or even having gambling discussions in front of kids is improper because kids are quick to capture bad knowledges such as addictions than what'd be profitable based on their tendered ages.
Kids seeing parents at any form of gambling relativity is assumed nurturing the child to do as they do. Such could really affirmed to the child gambling addictively and ruining it own life along.

Such a bs  

You have mentioned 3 unconfirmed things in one post. Bravo. 1) addiction 2) gambling suppose to be bad 3) gambling ruins life with 100% probability. Just give a tiny proof why would kids get instantly interested in gambling, become addicted and ruin their lives after seeing someone gamble, and I would leave you alone.

Moreover, how come discussions aka explaining how work happen in the world could lead to addiction? My kid saw me posting on the crypto forum. Then I should not explain him what crypto is, because the kid will either invest in scam or be scammed? That is your logic? And crypto is used for money laundering and buy illegal stuff. That also means that I should never tell my kid what crypto is? That is your logic.

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.
If it's about crypto, that's a different view because you as a parent doing the crypto things and knowing how utilizing lucrative it's, you'd always want your kids to grow and do along with it when they grows up but on gambling, you as a parent will leave it for the child to decide if he'll gamble or not when he grows up but because crypto doesn't have a side effect aside the risks of lost of funds potentials due to the volatilities of the Cryptocurrencies. So obviously, crypto is a technological assets which gives more benefits in returns comparing to gambling.
We all need to make money which adopting the Crypto technology could be very recommending for our kids but we can't just afford to encourage them to gamble at their tendered ages.
That's my take. Thanks.

[Ishicryptic]

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.

Kids nowadays are very inquisitive and they want to know everything and experiment what they see, not minding whether the outcome will be favorable to them or not. It is very easy to be addicted to gambling and being underaged where they are not yet financially independent, it is not favorable to let them into it. Gambling should be for adults that have the maturity to make responsible decisions while gambling, not for kids who are supposed to be focusing on their education. We can allow kids to play games on phones, I've seen kids that play puzzle and other games on mobile phones, so far the games are safe and doesn't require money to gamble, then it is not a problem.

[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.

[AVE5]

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.

[mamesso]

~Snip~

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.

Now that we have entered the era of globalization which is full of all the sophistication of technology, it is very difficult to hide any information from children because indirectly they will learn it autodidactically through the cell phones that accompany them every day. I agree with your idea, it is not the time to hide any information from children, parents must introduce gambling to their children by giving them the understanding that gambling is not a place to make money.
They need to be involved in the game and show the expressions of other gamblers who have just experienced defeat. This method can also educate them that gambling never guarantees victory.

[Gheka]

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 came from a region where underaged who does what isn't acceptable of their age are seem to be mannerless and for such kids to be blamed, the parents or guidance should be blamed first because the child is acting according to privileges and what's seem at their parents doing.
So gambling at the front or even having gambling discussions in front of kids is improper because kids are quick to capture bad knowledges such as addictions than what'd be profitable based on their tendered ages.
Kids seeing parents at any form of gambling relativity is assumed nurturing the child to do as they do. Such could really affirmed to the child gambling addictively and ruining it own life along.

First, it's really hard to blame a child's guardian because the need to gamble is simply a form of entertainment, no matter how much we try to hide it, it can still reveal itself accidentally and the child can still see actions that society condemns but seeing and education are a separate story, the important thing is the exploitation of a child's psychology. Although children at this age like to imitate, their cognitive and receptive abilities are relatively unique, especially in the stage of social development, their thinking and avoiding bad things are very good, just need the guardian to behave properly