Does having children have an influence on gambling habits?

[danherbias07]

When you have one or more children, you have heavy responsibilities. Sometimes you're on a tight budget. Can being a parent change our playing habits? Are losses even harder to bear when you're in charge of a family? What are your experiences in this area?

don't have a child yet but parenting comes with a whole lot of responsibility and sacrifices and one of it might be stopping habit that could possibly affect the family negatively. If your gambling habit is becoming a bit addictive and is affecting your financial life, it's only best you reduce you rate of gambling whenever you have children to be on a safer side cause you don't want to have issues with your family members in times of low finance who might think you've gambled out the whole family wealth.

It's true.
Well, gambling could affect a whole family if the parents will not be responsible. Me? I like betting on sports in small amounts and that's just to increase the thrill of watching the game. My wife knows about it and there are times she will ask if I made a bet for her favorite team. She knows I won't cross the line of betting our savings or our budget just so I could please my gambling habit or even if I am chasing losses. I would not get that far.

If we know our responsibilities with our kids, we won't mess around with our money. We could spend a little in gambling and that will still please us a little bit. We are just looking for that little risk while being entertained so might as well let it stay that way.
If we lose, then let it go. There's always a tomorrow for gambling and we must keep that in mind so we won't be betting blindly for the sports that we don't have any knowledge about.
Having kids surely change the perspective of one person because there's always that thought of keeping the money and just spending it for them but it's not bad if we spend a little if we think we can add some spice in our lives.

[AnonBitCoiner]

Most of the people are engaged in gambling even after a married life but some gambler leave gambling when they are married to someone. It depends on the mentality, even some people don't think about their children and family so they always like to take money from them to continue gambling.

I think married people who don't have job are more involved in gambling because they don't have money and they want to gather money to fulfill the needs of their money without thinking about the way of earning that it is bad or good.

[0t3p0t]

When you have one or more children, you have heavy responsibilities. Sometimes you're on a tight budget. Can being a parent change our playing habits? Are losses even harder to bear when you're in charge of a family? What are your experiences in this area?

Given that there is an existing responsibility to children I think most gambler will minimize their bets or sometimes lead to abstaining from it. This also depends on your capacity as parents if you have a stable source of income I think it doesn't matter minimizing bets or even quitting. We just need to choose our priority and learn how to manage our time and money in gambling that is why we should be responsible in everything we do in life.

[pinggoki]

Most of the people are engaged in gambling even after a married life but some gambler leave gambling when they are married to someone. It depends on the mentality, even some people don't think about their children and family so they always like to take money from them to continue gambling.

This is what's going to happen to a gambler, either having a kid will change them for the better or for the worse, it also shows where you stand with the kid when it comes to whether you love the kid or not because if you do love the kid, you're going to be changing for the good and you will do your best not to go back to your old life that you know will ruin your family and your relationship with your child if you ever planned on going back, that's a guarantee and no other way around it.

I think married people who don't have job are more involved in gambling because they don't have money and they want to gather money to fulfill the needs of their money without thinking about the way of earning that it is bad or good.

Yes, that's a likely thing that happens, those that are already dirt poor are the ones that are gambling even more, they still have hopes that they might be able to turn their life around at a single stroke of luck which isn't true, gambling wins are almost always leading to more gambling and you end up losing the money that you've won because you thought you can win even bigger.

[Yatsan]

When you have one or more children, you have heavy responsibilities. Sometimes you're on a tight budget. Can being a parent change our playing habits? Are losses even harder to bear when you're in charge of a family? What are your experiences in this area?

Not yet having one but logically, if you are a gambler and happened to have a children, you will either have less time to gamble due to your parental duties or have huge drive to take more risks, if it is the worst which is anticipated. Of course individuals are different from one another; some people are still fine with their gambling habits despite of having a child. They could manage their time well if they just really want to. In some instances, parent gamblers are not betting that much because they are being practical of their child's daily needs. A gambler regardless of having a child or not, will be either responsible or not, but that is not because of the added family member but rather, just him/her making decisions for himself.

I think married people who don't have job are more involved in gambling because they don't have money and they want to gather money to fulfill the needs of their money without thinking about the way of earning that it is bad or good.

But there's this tendency that lacking a job would be resulting to less exposure in gambling because they won't have enough resources to bet in the first place. But indeed, that depends on the individual. There are indeed people who spends their time in gambling because they don't have a job which is a bit ironic; they gambler their luck to get through their daily needs which is never a good thing.

[slapper]

When you have one or more children, you have heavy responsibilities. Sometimes you're on a tight budget. Can being a parent change our playing habits? Are losses even harder to bear when you're in charge of a family? What are your experiences in this area?

don't have a child yet but parenting comes with a whole lot of responsibility and sacrifices and one of it might be stopping habit that could possibly affect the family negatively. If your gambling habit is becoming a bit addictive and is affecting your financial life, it's only best you reduce you rate of gambling whenever you have children to be on a safer side cause you don't want to have issues with your family members in times of low finance who might think you've gambled out the whole family wealth.

It's true.
Well, gambling could affect a whole family if the parents will not be responsible. Me? I like betting on sports in small amounts and that's just to increase the thrill of watching the game. My wife knows about it and there are times she will ask if I made a bet for her favorite team. She knows I won't cross the line of betting our savings or our budget just so I could please my gambling habit or even if I am chasing losses. I would not get that far.

If we know our responsibilities with our kids, we won't mess around with our money. We could spend a little in gambling and that will still please us a little bit. We are just looking for that little risk while being entertained so might as well let it stay that way.
If we lose, then let it go. There's always a tomorrow for gambling and we must keep that in mind so we won't be betting blindly for the sports that we don't have any knowledge about.
Having kids surely change the perspective of one person because there's always that thought of keeping the money and just spending it for them but it's not bad if we spend a little if we think we can add some spice in our lives.

Gambling, even in small amounts, is dangerous. When kids are involved, that fire can spread quickly

Whether you can control it is key to your approach. Gambling is always risky. You claim you won't bet the savings or budget, but the issue is habit, not amount

Yes, kids change everything. It changes our priorities, choices, and entertainment. We shouldn't mix "adding spice" with dangerous behavior. There are many non-gambling methods to have fun. Why not try those routes? It's about instilling safety, accountability, and creativity in our thrill-seeking excursions, not just safeguarding our cash

[Blitzboy]

Most of the people are engaged in gambling even after a married life but some gambler leave gambling when they are married to someone. It depends on the mentality, even some people don't think about their children and family so they always like to take money from them to continue gambling.

I think married people who don't have job are more involved in gambling because they don't have money and they want to gather money to fulfill the needs of their money without thinking about the way of earning that it is bad or good.

married life at the intersection of gambling addiction and responsibility revelation. If you're using the family piggy bank for another round of slots, you should reconsider your hobby. Marriage, my friends, is like living in the financial red zone 24/7.

Now for the unemployed gambler. Oh, the joy of investing your final savings to chase that elusive gain for family provision. Noble? Hardly. Entertaining? Only if tragicomedy is funny. I recommend gambling with style and common sense. Roll the dice, but don't waste Timmy's lunch money. Fun gambling vs. being a royal flush away from a family intervention. Choose wisely!

[EarnOnVictor]

When you have one or more children, you have heavy responsibilities. Sometimes you're on a tight budget. Can being a parent change our playing habits?

All these still buttress on responsible gambling, you "cut your clothes according to the clothes." This should happen even before you have the children, every gambler should be up and doing with the good ethics of gambling to avoid financial issues. I said that because some gamblers never inculcate that habit before they have children and after they have the children, it becomes difficult for them to do due to gambling addictions and misappropriation. But a few would be able to change their ways simply because of their love for their children and the sacrifices they are willing to make.

However, we do not have the same minds. It could be strong for some and weak for others, which is why we need to guide against it from the beginning.

Are losses even harder to bear when you're in charge of a family?

Yes, of course, losses would be harder to bear when you now have a family, especially if you are the breadwinner of your family and also striving to be a responsible father. A single mismanagement may make your family suffer.

What are your experiences in this area?

I've ever been a responsible person all my life, so gambling has never been an issue for me. I also bet with the money I can afford to lose, and in most cases, not up to 0.01% of my worth. So gambling can never affect my family's finances.

Beyond mine and most importantly, I advise people not get addicted to it because it could be very devastating.

[Quidat]

Most of the people are engaged in gambling even after a married life but some gambler leave gambling when they are married to someone. It depends on the mentality, even some people don't think about their children and family so they always like to take money from them to continue gambling.

I think married people who don't have job are more involved in gambling because they don't have money and they want to gather money to fulfill the needs of their money without thinking about the way of earning that it is bad or good.

married life at the intersection of gambling addiction and responsibility revelation. If you're using the family piggy bank for another round of slots, you should reconsider your hobby. Marriage, my friends, is like living in the financial red zone 24/7.

Now for the unemployed gambler. Oh, the joy of investing your final savings to chase that elusive gain for family provision. Noble? Hardly. Entertaining? Only if tragicomedy is funny. I recommend gambling with style and common sense. Roll the dice, but don't waste Timmy's lunch money. Fun gambling vs. being a royal flush away from a family intervention. Choose wisely!

It would really be able to changed up the things on which you have been doing before when you are still single on which if you are someone who is really that loving on spending
into those times that you arent still having you own family then it would really be that totally different when you do already have that responsibilities which you would really be needing to fill
up specially if you are a male or husband. You are the ones who would really be providing all the things that you would really be needed by your family even if it means
that you would really be cutting off expenses with your gambling habits then you must do that thing for you to be able to be a responsible father or head of the family.

You cant really just that make yourself that way too careless on still playing gambling without having these considerations. Its impossible that you wont really be able to determine
on what are your priorities and what are your responsibilities. If it turns out that this is something that it is really out of your interest then marriage life
isnt still your thing or you arent that prepared, because on the time that you would really be still doing stuffs then you are putting up your family on trouble.

[Zigabel]

When you have one or more children, you have heavy responsibilities. Sometimes you're on a tight budget. Can being a parent change our playing habits? Are losses even harder to bear when you're in charge of a family? What are your experiences in this area?

Firstly before you embark on the journey of child bearing, you should make conscious efforts to planning and not just going into child bearing just like that. Examine your source of income, the circumstances around the economic situation in your country and the kind of life style you desire to libe as all this will influence the number of kids your should have, most importantly your sources of income aswell is another thing that will be put into great consideration before having children so it doesn't turn out thst child bearing become burdensome to you so much that you are no longer able to afford the kind of entertainment you did had before then.

The number of kids your have got will definitely affect the way you gamble especially if you are a responsible gambler but the irresponsible ones are those who may not want to put that into consideration because they have probably been addicted already.

[Su-asa]

When you have one or more children, you have heavy responsibilities. Sometimes you're on a tight budget. Can being a parent change our playing habits? Are losses even harder to bear when you're in charge of a family? What are your experiences in this area?

Even as a gambler you must gamble the way your budget won't be affected, when your budget is affected your families will suffer. If you are a gambler without any responsibility then spending 70% from your salary every month because you are alone and no responsibility, then when you have a responsibility you should limit your weger on gambling. Gamble is kind of something that's not meant to be taken with seriousness, the more you gamble I also believed that the more you get addicted. IMO when you lose more than you can afford to risk with rate of your responsibility you won he happy because when you use those money for family things it might go a long way for you an hour families. You don't have to lose everything you have before you learn to gamble carefully.

[carlfebz2]

When you have one or more children, you have heavy responsibilities. Sometimes you're on a tight budget. Can being a parent change our playing habits? Are losses even harder to bear when you're in charge of a family? What are your experiences in this area?

Even as a gambler you must gamble the way your budget won't be affected, when your budget is affected your families will suffer. If you are a gambler without any responsibility then spending 70% from your salary every month because you are alone and no responsibility, then when you have a responsibility you should limit your weger on gambling. Gamble is kind of something that's not meant to be taken with seriousness, the more you gamble I also believed that the more you get addicted. IMO when you lose more than you can afford to risk with rate of your responsibility you won he happy because when you use those money for family things it might go a long way for you an hour families. You don't have to lose everything you have before you learn to gamble carefully.

Budget would be everything and something that you should really be minding on.Just like on what most people been pointing out on this thread that you should be stopping on doing gambling when you do already have a family which i do somewhat disagree because you could really still be able to play as long you do make yourself that minding about your budget without compromising your family budget then i would
say that it is really just that still fine for you to be able play gambling but of course you would really be needing to lessen up your dealing up with it because once you do find yourself that still doing excessive
then this is where things should really be started to changed up on the time that you do already have a family. This isnt really just that affecting on gambling also in other things as well.
Just like on what been said above on some users that i do agree with those things that once you do have a family then priorities and responsibilities will really be there.
You cant just ignore the fact that you would be needing to make it first in your priority rather than on putting up some focus into other activities specially if its really that spending up tons of money.

[marcous]

If I were in a position of having responsibilities towards a family, with an unstable financial condition I would choose to stop gambling temporarily. The purpose of gambling is purely to have fun, so don't sacrifice other family pleasures. Being a responsible person is cool, and even in gambling we must have that attitude to manage risk. Why have a family if in the end we prioritize games, which will not necessarily make us profitable. Stop for a while and look for a stable income, when it is established then in my opinion there is no harm in trying again. But it all really depends on one principles, one priority scale certainly varies. However, I am quite sure that most people would think the same as me if faced with a financial crisis.

[darkangel11]

Having children makes you more mature (usually, but not always as some people remain stupid and childish).
In my case, I had no problem managing my money before having a child. I used to be financially responsible since I was very young because my parents divorced and I lived with my mother so I had to help her a lot with chores. That taught me a lot about paying my bills, managing money and all that, but I started to be even more responsible when my baby was born. You grow from counting yourself into counting a whole family when you plan for future. It also affects your gambling as that little voice in the back of your head is telling you that there's this or that to buy, a baby seat for your car

[TopTort777]

It depends from parents. Remember the case when father has left two 2yo kids and went gambling? For him, children definitely made zero influence on a habit. For me, the kid has changed only my attitude to money. I have realized that I have to earn more. So I have found a better job, that allows me to spend a lot on a kid, and not to limit myself in money. I still do stupid things (like riding a motorcycle, or bungie jumping or something extreme), I still buy myself expensive toys. I still gamble. But my gambling was never about money.

[o48o]

When you have one or more children, you have heavy responsibilities. Sometimes you're on a tight budget. Can being a parent change our playing habits? Are losses even harder to bear when you're in charge of a family? What are your experiences in this area?

I have kids, and obviously they do affect it. They should affect it if you are a mature and responsible parent. Because you are not thinking about just yourself, and there are just some things that you can't take too much risks off, and raising kids is on the top of the list of any responsible parent.

I sometimes can't gamble when i want, but that's a low price to pay as more then anything i want that i afford to take care of my kids. So gambling usually isn't an issue because when you have kids, your priorities will change a LOT. Not only with gambling. I would stay away from gambling completely if i had a severe gambling problem and kids. Just like i would stay away from the booze if i was an alcoholic and had kids.

It's actually now sounds funny to me that people need to ask something like this, but i can remember the time when i didn't have kids. And i remember wondering similar things, and what priorities i would have to have. But i really didn't know how major and complete that shift of priorities was. But i guarantee you, things like this become obvious soon after kids are born or before it. Or your partner will explain how essential budgeting is going to be from that on.

And again. If you don't have gambling problem, you can still gamble. Just with fraction of the budget you used to, because you are not the only one winning or losing anymore.

[Zadicar]

Having children makes you more mature (usually, but not always as some people remain stupid and childish).
In my case, I had no problem managing my money before having a child. I used to be financially responsible since I was very young because my parents divorced and I lived with my mother so I had to help her a lot with chores. That taught me a lot about paying my bills, managing money and all that, but I started to be even more responsible when my baby was born. You grow from counting yourself into counting a whole family when you plan for future. It also affects your gambling as that little voice in the back of your head is telling you that there's this or that to buy, a baby seat for your car

On the time that you do have your own family then this is the moment you would really be that ending up on being mature on which those things that you are fond off when you are still that single
will definitely be changed up or would be left behind and wont really be coming back since you do have that kind of priority or you would really be giving out that kind of importance
and its just understandable that family is more important before anything else but just like on what those things mentioned above that there are some foolish parents
do make priority with their gambling activity than with their family.

[ultrloa]

Having children makes you more mature (usually, but not always as some people remain stupid and childish).
In my case, I had no problem managing my money before having a child. I used to be financially responsible since I was very young because my parents divorced and I lived with my mother so I had to help her a lot with chores. That taught me a lot about paying my bills, managing money and all that, but I started to be even more responsible when my baby was born. You grow from counting yourself into counting a whole family when you plan for future. It also affects your gambling as that little voice in the back of your head is telling you that there's this or that to buy, a baby seat for your car

On the time that you do have your own family then this is the moment you would really be that ending up on being mature on which those things that you are fond off when you are still that single
will definitely be changed up or would be left behind and wont really be coming back since you do have that kind of priority or you would really be giving out that kind of importance
and its just understandable that family is more important before anything else but just like on what those things mentioned above that there are some foolish parents
do make priority with their gambling activity than with their family.

Somehow our responsibilities will change our decisions toward how we deal something especially on other past activities we do especially that it involves financial matters. For sure gambling will be less priority since we would provably take care first the basic necessity if we are just earning enough money and don't have any amount left for other extra curricular activities. Family is more important than anything else and that sign of maturity but for sure a gambler will always be a gambler and they do this activity when they have extra funds and seeking some short time fun while they don't have anything else to do.

[Oilacris]

Having children makes you more mature (usually, but not always as some people remain stupid and childish).
In my case, I had no problem managing my money before having a child. I used to be financially responsible since I was very young because my parents divorced and I lived with my mother so I had to help her a lot with chores. That taught me a lot about paying my bills, managing money and all that, but I started to be even more responsible when my baby was born. You grow from counting yourself into counting a whole family when you plan for future. It also affects your gambling as that little voice in the back of your head is telling you that there's this or that to buy, a baby seat for your car

On the time that you do have your own family then this is the moment you would really be that ending up on being mature on which those things that you are fond off when you are still that single
will definitely be changed up or would be left behind and wont really be coming back since you do have that kind of priority or you would really be giving out that kind of importance
and its just understandable that family is more important before anything else but just like on what those things mentioned above that there are some foolish parents
do make priority with their gambling activity than with their family.

This is actually true on which these are the ff: i'd totally stop when i have already a family.

1. Smoking
2. Gambling
3. Dota2
4. Motorcycle touring

There are really indeed things that you would really be that leaving just for the sake of your own family.
Priorities and interest are indeed that would be stopped since you are already that having other important matters which it is really just that right.
Habits that cost up money or something that ads on up expense should really be stopped.

[blckhawk]

There's got to be some other explanation as to why having a children doesn't have an influence on your gambling habit besides being an irresponsible parent and that you don't deserve to be one in the first place, but to answer your question, it definitely affects you, there's no way that it doesn't, that's another individual right there and it's growing for you there, you need to be the adult in the household and make sure that their needs are being met first before anything else, being a parent means you'll have to stop being so selfish and start thinking about other people, that's the only way out in this situation, you can still gamble but there's a voice at the back of your mind that will constantly remind you that the money that you've put in could've been put to something that would benefit the kid or the children.