Never gamble in front of your kids.

[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.

[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?

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.

With your post you have only proved, that problem of kids, gambling and not realizing consequences aint as big as people mention here. Since you have managed to gamble in childhood, and not turned into addicted, why do you think that it is that dangerous? You see, many here confuse "not gambling" and "not seeing". If a kid sees someone gamble, does it means that he will also do it? Nobody here wants children to gamble until they turn 18, but many also prefer to hide information about gambling. I see no reason for doing that. Its "knowing and not doing" vs "knowing and doing".

Just a quick question: what do you do, when someone smoke on the street, and you are with kids. Or drink alcohol. I bet you have explained what smoking and alcohol is, and your kids understood that they should not smoke and drink until they are 18, or that it is not healthy. I bet you dont close their eyes and ears when someone smokes and drink nearby them.

[junder]

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.

parents have the duty to educate their children to be good children and it is the obligation of every parent to teach and educate their children for good things, but even so, the circle of friends will also determine what kind of friends they will socialize with, the upbringing that parents give them. can make them think about not doing risky or negative things. Apart from that, even if their friends force them to do things that are not good or risky, maybe they can avoid it because their parents' upbringing has made them think well that they should stay away from negative things.

Of course, parents educate them not to do bad things or have wrong social interactions, but social interactions outside the home can also affect them and many children are more comfortable living outside than with their families, but that's a different case. Apart from that, of course it is not recommended to gamble in front of children, because I think it is unethical if they do it in front of children, moreover of course it is an action that is not included in education unless they tell them that gambling is something that can have a bad impact on them. but I think even if parents don't tell them about gambling, they will still know about it because there is a wider environment outside the home that knows and teaches them many things, they themselves must be able to differentiate between good and bad things for themselves.

[reagansimms]

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

Who can guarantee that your children will avoid gambling even if you hide this activity from them? You live in your time, while the children live in theirs. In the era of increasingly sophisticated technology, it is very difficult to hide something from them, indirectly they will learn about gambling from their friends, advertisements that appear on their cell phones and social media.
The wisest step is to give them an understanding of the risks that can arise from gambling, invite them to look at the system in place at the gambling place and then show them how the system is used there.

[nara1892]

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.

Yes, of course and this means that parents must really keep away various things that have the potential to make gambling reach their children, one of which may be internet media, meaning that parents must really limit the use of smartphones for their children, because after all it is impossible. We ask the casinos not to carry out various promotional displays because after all that is the work they do to generate profits from the gamblers involved.

This means that it is only us as parents who have to keep our children away from various negative things and not only about gambling, where perhaps the first step that must be taken is by increasing attention and vigilance towards a child and also following this by limiting their activities, especially in Regarding the use of smartphones, that is the most important thing, because now most casinos operating in the online sector always use the internet, especially social media, as their biggest place to carry out promotions.

[piebeyb]

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

Only stupid people would want to gamble in front of their children, even though maybe they can deny that it can be used as an education, still for me it's wrong to do it in front of children, besides, let them know from outside and let them ask us as people so that we can explain it well without having to ask them again with further questions, just say that gambling is not a children's game because it is only done by adults and it is very risky, in fact anyone will lose everything if they cannot control it when gambling. , that is never a good thing for anyone to do, at least to convince our children not to touch it.

Don't scare them with unnecessary things because they may be curious about it and end up going deeper and learning about it. We also know that small children like to play games on the internet. If they are used to playing on the internet, they can still use money from their parents. When it comes to gambling, it all depends on the social circle, but as long as parents look after their children's social relations then everything will be fine, the role of parents is responsible for their children's future so don't set an example of something that is not good in front of them. It would be better to introduce more positive activities.

[Litzki1990]

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

It is definitely right that you say, after children are born in mother's lap, they gradually grow up in the family and they learn various things from the family members. If the family members ensure a good environment for the child during childhood then the child grows up well but if the growing environment is not right for the child then the proper growth of the child is disturbed. If most of the family members are involved in gambling and if they do various activities related to gambling in front of the child and discuss about gambling then gradually the child will become curious about gambling. By doing this, it will be seen that when that boy or girl grows up in the family, this habit will remain in him, as a result of which his education will become a difficult subject to pay attention to like other normal boys and girls.
So even if you think about the beautiful future of the child, at least gambling should not be discussed in front of him.

[ethereumhunter]

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.

If an adult people can't control their emotions when they are gambling, that can happens to them when they are with their children. They can lose control and do something that can harm their children as many bad cases already happens to children. We as their parents must take care of our children and teach them to be responsible to what they do so they will not gets any bad effects to their life.

Children are smart today because they can search for what they wants to knows so we must explain and teach them carefully and not trying to playing gambling in front of them. Children now can grow without their parents knows so we must besides them often so we can knows what happens to them.

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.

But we can playing gambling in other places without our children knows what we will do. They will not asking or curious if we can explain that we needs to do something that they should not knows. If they are below 5 years, we can with them and accompany them when they playing their games. But we can explain that adult people have many things to do and not just besides them because we needs to works for them.

If we can explain them until they understand, they will not follow us when we do many things. We can hide our gambling activities from them so they will knows what we do in our spare time when we don't besides them. They will not asking us what we do if we can tells them with right and they will not curious with us too.

[TopTort777]

Only stupid people would want to gamble in front of their children, even though maybe they can deny that it can be used as an education, still for me it's wrong to do it in front of children, besides, let them know from outside and let them ask us as people so that we can explain it well without having to ask them again with further questions, just say that gambling is not a children's game because it is only done by adults and it is very risky, in fact anyone will lose everything if they cannot control it when gambling. , that is never a good thing for anyone to do, at least to convince our children not to touch it.

Don't scare them with unnecessary things because they may be curious about it and end up going deeper and learning about it. We also know that small children like to play games on the internet. If they are used to playing on the internet, they can still use money from their parents. When it comes to gambling, it all depends on the social circle, but as long as parents look after their children's social relations then everything will be fine, the role of parents is responsible for their children's future so don't set an example of something that is not good in front of them. It would be better to introduce more positive activities.

Ok, here ie the thing. I have logged in into my gambling account and start playing slots. My kid came to check me. What is this, am I gambling in front of them? Or my kid just went to have a look what I am doing. Just asking to understand, if I am stupid or not, if I tell that I play a game where I need to catch a combination of fruits.

From many users here point of view, I can already put a cross on my kids future. As it is already cursed with gambling addiction. And my kids “brain” is already damaged because of that (yes, brain, some users used that word lol).

[jossiel]

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.

That's true. We all know that our parents won't wish us ill and bad to what we're doing. They won't influence us to gamble although kids will definitely do the same thing of what they're seeing to their parents.

However, if there's nothing wrong with the parents, the bad influence could be the people that they're dealing with always and most likely it is their friends.

Parents are seen as models of their kids and that's why we won't do such things in front of them.

[Gaza13]

Who can guarantee that your children will avoid gambling even if you hide this activity from them? You live in your time, while the children live in theirs. In the era of increasingly sophisticated technology, it is very difficult to hide something from them, indirectly they will learn about gambling from their friends, advertisements that appear on their cell phones and social media.
The wisest step is to give them an understanding of the risks that can arise from gambling, invite them to look at the system in place at the gambling place and then show them how the system is used there.

Exactly by giving directions like you said above, it is much better for our children or other people's children, of course this makes them think and of course they will not do it because they already know the flow of the site. And from here we can educate them that gambling will have a negative impact on their finances compared to the benefits.