Does having children have an influence on gambling habits?

[Yogee]

I mean that thing should be obvious if you are a responsible parent right? If you cannot give them even the basic necessities to your children then I think you have absolutely no right to gamble. That's just what's ideal but we know majority wouldn't follow that. Most people may not go to a casino or sit on a table for card games but they would still keep on buying lottery tickets everyday and say it's just a small amount.

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[Bananington]

Having children is known to have a huge effect on the parents in so many ways and if we should speak of responsibility, it is the core truth every parent must abide by to raise great children that would help make the world a better place.

As such, if one thinks and knows in their heart that gambling is a bad or something that might of course be a burden to an immediate family's finance, the parents don't need anymore to tell them it's a bad investment even if the children are still small and perhaps unawares of their parents gambling habits.

Having children does create a new outlook of life for the parents and as such every deed must be checked properly. Still, making out time as the parents to have fun and do some of the things that once made sense and brought excitement, is the essence of life.

[Nrcewker]

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?

Yes definitely, you have a family to take care of. In this situation, every money you bet should be properly analysed before placing the bets. You need to do proper risk management and set a budget for gambling. You need to gamble only that amount which you can afford to lose and doesn’t affect your family. Don’t gamble with the money which is required to pay the bills and daily necessities. If you tick all these things, and have extra funds for gamble, then it won’t be a bigger problem to gamble with family and responsibilities.

[tsaroz]

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 don't have children at the moment but my educated guess says yes.
The way, amount and time I bet has been different since I got married. We both have a job and my wife isn't too concerned about my little expenses but she expects to be included in large financial decisions. And we have plans with budget allocations. There's no way I could move large amount of my salaries without her noticing. It prevents me from repeating the rage bet I had a few years ago. Most of my gambling budget now comes from bounties and from revenues of the website I operate.

[Samlucky O]

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 children but it doesn't change anything or put me on a tight budget. Whosoever that has love for gambling will not change their playing habit despite being a parents. Sometimes family unsettled responsibilities will be a motivation that will encourage you to stake higher maybe it might turn out to be a big win and change the story of your family. That is what gives me motivation and I have been using it for long.

I am in-charge of my family but it does affect me in any ways. Although some people might be acting weird or panic whenever they loose and chanell their agression to their family. But that is not the way to handle gambling case as a married couples.

[Asuspawer09]

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 don't have any children yet, but in the future, if I already have children, I don't really wanna limit them to what they want to do, for sure if they are still kids I wouldn't allow them to gamble at all at any time, because I believed that if they are exposed to this kind of things they might develop some kind of habit when they grow up that might not be the best for them. But probably at the right age around when they are already in high school, I think they could probably already decide for themselves self, for sure it might not be the best thing to let them do but for me, it's better to let them develop their financial management allowing them to save on their own, I would just give them enough money for them like in a week and then he could budget it on there own if he wanted to gamble it he can but I wouldn't support it financially. I just want him to realize that it is not easy to earn money, I do multiple jobs and side hustle and I can say that earning money is very difficult.

[Mr. Magkaisa]

I do not know about gambling. But in trading, most traders are losing also just like gambling. Most traders that are married that were trading quit trading or reduce the money they are using to trade. I guess that is how gambling would be. But some people will just be different and be addicted, just like trading also and continue to gamble.

       -   When it comes to trading, what I know is that most of them actually lose, and in this matter or angle in a situation like this, it is the same with gambling here in the crypto business industry. But trading and gambling are not the same; the majority of our crypto community in this forum also knows this. Right?

But of course, it's a different matter when it comes to children's welfare, because as much as possible, we should not let them fall down at a young age. As much as possible, we should not show them this, even if gambling is a habit for us.

[Rampagoe004]

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?

If you are a wise parent, of course you will notice changes in your gambling habits when you have children. What I mean is that you will have to manage your gambling time and budget because you already have responsibilities to your family. Some of my gambling friends told me that they reduced their gambling budget to meet family needs. They can look for additional income if they want to increase their gambling budget. And that doesn't matter if you are not a gambling addict.

[SeaCoinCollector.]

Parenthood can change gambling habits because parents need to prioritize their family needs and budget. When having losses and you have children, it just not only affects you but also affects kids negatively and impacts the ability to provide for the family resulting in issues like mental health and family conflicts. If you are a parent, it's important to be cautious about the risk and family well being should always comes first.

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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?

For doing gambling what I follow first it is the fund, The fund as I afford to loose I play gambling on that fund. And for have on or more children if I have the same currrent income then I have to reduce my fund for gambling and it is obvious and I think I wil able to do that. Because I am not that kind of hardcore gambler or not a addicted gambler. But in case of addicted gambler the scenario kind of change.

[SeriouslyGiveaway]

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?

Of course, when you have a family, your burden will be greater, especially when you have children. Therefore, jobs or hobbies that affect finances will have to be considered much more carefully than before. Because if something happens, not only will you be affected, but it will also affect your wife and children. Only spend a very small part of your income to satisfy your passion for gambling, and absolutely do not continue playing if you lose all that money.
I had a family and my spending and gambling habits are very different than before. I can't risk spending as much money gambling as when I was single, my responsibilities are heavier, I'm aware of that so my gambling habits have to change accordingly. My experience for you is to adapt to this little by little, it will be very uncomfortable at first, but think about the future of your children and family, you will be motivated to change your habits.

[Hirose UK]

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?

When men start family, they become the head of the family who is responsible for providing education to the children, guiding the wife to be better, providing decent home and providing support.
It is clear that man responsibility as head of the family plays very important role and must be able to have an income that is far more than sufficient to support his family, the main priority is the family and other things such as pleasure must be put aside.

I married, have children and of course I responsible for meeting my daily needs, whether it is for school fees, food or other needs.
There are always restrictions on what I do in gambling, working and owning business are the main places in having steady income so managing money can be much easier.
But I admit that when have family and have children gambling activity decreases significantly even though used to be crazy or addicted gambler, but as time goes by realize that family is everything and the most valuable.
Even though I still continue to gamble, at least I don't forget my obligations to my family and I can still provide what my family needs, after all, I gamble only with the money that is allocated to be received if it is lost.

[_act_]

I mean that thing should be obvious if you are a responsible parent right? If you cannot give them even the basic necessities to your children then I think you have absolutely no right to gamble. That's just what's ideal but we know majority wouldn't follow that. Most people may not go to a casino or sit on a table for card games but they would still keep on buying lottery tickets everyday and say it's just a small amount.

You can have a wife and children and still gamble if you are not wasting money on gambling. Let us say you are receiving $1000 monthly and you are using just $10 to $50 to gamble. That is still good if it is not affecting you and your family at all. But once you are gambling, getting addicted, using more than the amount of money that you can afford to lose to gamble, that is when you should not gamble, even if you are not a family man. But I think most family man may reduce how often they are gambling or not gambling anymore.

[davis196]

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've seen horror stories about gambling addicts having a family and going flat broke(wasting everything on gambling).
It depends of the person. Some people are more responsible, so they change their habits after having a kid. Other people are just irresponsible idiots, who are always ready to leave their family and run away. I don't have kids and I don't think that I will ever have any kids, so I guess that my moderate gambling lifestyle won't be changed. Why are you asking this question? Do you have kids? Do you plan having kids in the near future?

[Crypt0Gore]

I do not know about gambling. But in trading, most traders are losing also just like gambling. Most traders that are married that were trading quit trading or reduce the money they are using to trade. I guess that is how gambling would be. But some people will just be different and be addicted, just like trading also and continue to gamble.

Those traders that are quitting are just not good enough, I have a trading mentor who is very good at it and he have three kids he is raising, he is very good at chart reading and he respects the chart, whenever I question him about trading he always say that it depend on what the chart says.

Gambling isn't like trading, one is all about luck and the other is about how good you are at reading the chart, trading also have stop losses advantage, to avoid your trade going against you, there is no such thing in gambling.

Either trading or gambling, you need to make sure that it doesn't affect your family, be responsible with these dangerous way of making money, risk only what won't affect your family and your responsibility.

[Agbamoni]

When there is much responsibility on a gambler there are two ways, they react to it if they are a consistent gambling.

1. Some gamblers will see that they are in a tight position. They will choose to reduce the amount they allocate for gambling daily and also find a way to reduce risk so that they won't lose money unnecessary. Only few gamblers will act this way at least one who is not addicted and another one who is knows the importance of having so much responsibility and is a responsible gambler.

2. Why some would see it as a chance to find more money to support the family, hoping that they will have that money through gambling and gambling alone. I see these set of persons as addictive gamblers. They don't understand the effect of losing so much so they rather lose leaving their responsibility for the wife to take care of hoping that one day they will become millionaires overnight and take good care of their family.

[rojan]

For doing gambling what I follow first it is the fund, The fund as I afford to loose I play gambling on that fund. And for have on or more children if I have the same currrent income then I have to reduce my fund for gambling and it is obvious and I think I wil able to do that. Because I am not that kind of hardcore gambler or not a addicted gambler. But in case of addicted gambler the scenario kind of change.

I have seen some gamblers lose the funds they used to gamble and start gambling with a lot of money. I was addicted to gambling for several days due to which I lost a lot of money.  Maybe they don't have that much addiction. I have some friends who took from the bank for gambling but they lost the gambling and now the bank is in possession of the properties they had. Seeing this fate of my friends, I want to stay away from gambling.

[TravelMug]

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?

We always says that gamblers should learn how to prioritize things, and so if they take care of their family first then maybe they will not be play or gamble as often as they like because they have to bring food in the table 24x7. However, if someone is really that addicted, we don't know, we have heard addicted gamblers doing the worst and not thinking about their family. So it's really hard to answer this question. It could really depend on how the gamblers will look at his life and his kids. From my experience, I lessen my gambling when I have my first children, as I have said, I know what is important to me that time and that is not my gambling habits.

[swogerino]

If you care for your children then surely yes.To me at least it happens like that,when I am about to go and deposit again because of the rage of losing I think that by doing so I risk to not fulfill all of the desires that my child may have and I immediately end the gambling there.

Of course there are a lot of irresponsible gamblers who do not care for themselves and their family and all they want is to gamble and just gamble not thinking about the consequences.Do not be like these guys.

[arwin100]

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?

This will matter depends on your budget and if you fall in a low income worker category then much better if you don't think about to gamble since you are just making all things complicated and instead think about wasting your money on unsure situations much better if you just spend your money on more important things that can make your family life comfortable.
But if you have extra since you have multiple income stream and can able to handle some losses since everything is fine and you are in control then gambling is for you since no other things that can give a conflict on your activity and can make sure that everything is fine since you still have money to use on important matter and also have other funds to use for extra curricular activities.