Proud of my kid

[Powerjumboo]

I would say that you are making a big mistake by introducing your child to gambling at such a young age. Since your child is in school, I think it is the right time for your child to study now, so it is never right to bring your child to gambling at this time. When your child develops an addiction to earning money from gambling, your child will gradually give up his studies and focus on gambling and one day it will be seen that your child will become addicted to gambling. You have not done this right as a father, there is still time to keep your child away from gambling and focus on his studies. Gambling is a very serious addiction, if this addiction consumes your son, then your son will never be able to become a human being.

Trust me, I was going to write the same things and discover you already wrote them. I feel introducing gambling to kids isn't an ideal decision at any cost. For me, even kids shouldn't be introduced to something related to earning money when they are studying at school. Because he isn't mature yet, so when he becomes addicted to earning money, then definitely he couldn't focus on his study. Whether it's gambling, trading or freelancing, he will be addicted to earning from these sources.

For me, I have decided to introduce crypto with my child when they pass the school. Because I feel this isn't ideal to show them earning opportunities right now. And most probably I will not introduce my child to any kind of gambling, either online or offline. I don't want to see them addicted to gambling. I will introduce crypto and teach them about trading only. So they could make some money instead of gambling.

Regarding OP, I won't say you are an ideal father at all from my perspective. Other users might not agree with me; it's their personal perspective. I would advise asking your kids to focus on study. First, they need to be literate to become successful inlife. We don't know if gambling would help him to become an established person. A degree at least would help to get a job or do a business to survive in real life.

The decision you have made for your child is the best decision, but a better decision will be to teach your children about cryptocurrency not after passing school but after passing college when they go to university because when your children pass school and go to college, that time comes as an important time in life because college life is another step in changing their destiny. If you can get a good result in college life by working hard very well, then there is a very good chance of getting a chance in a government full university. And if you cannot pass college life well and cannot get a good result by studying well, then you will not be able to get the qualification to take the form in government universities. So I mean, you should teach your children about cryptocurrency trading not after finishing school life but after getting a chance in university. Here, if you start your child from primary school, high school-college life and then if you get a chance in university, then you will be an ideal father to your child.Before that, I wouldn't consider you an ideal father.

[yhiaali3]

Everyone has their own way of raising their children. It's good that they're following their own path, with you overseeing them, and learning responsibility at a young age.

Personally, my way of thinking is different. I will never teach my children to gamble, nor will I ever allow them to gamble while they are minors. Once they reach adulthood, they are free to do as they please and are responsible for their actions. I don't think it's wise to teach children to gamble at such a young age.

How are you going to react, when by reaching 18, whole new world, new information and possibilities will be opened for your kid? Your kid will try to try everything as quick as possible, without going deep into details. You know why I am sure that it will happen? Take a look how kids react when they enter amusement park, play ground. How adults react when new shop or mall are opened. People run from shelve to shelve, from game to game, from toy to toy. A kid that turns 18 and now can do anything, most probably will first fail at many things. Because he has no mentor or experience. I really doubt that at this age, the kid will turn to parent for help, explanation, advice. With 99,99% probability he will seek all that from friend (who are same newbie in "adult" things) or internet. Want your kid teacher be internet or same unexperienced friend? I dont.

Teaching 5 or 10 years old to gamble indeed isnt wise, as kids at such age are indeed young. But 17 ? It is not young age anymore. It is 1 tiny step to become an adult.

I respect your point of view, of course. You may be right about some of the points you raised because children will grow up someday and we'll be thrust into a new world. Especially when they reach 16 or 17 years old, they become unruly and difficult to control.

I said I would prevent them from gambling because they are not yet capable of taking responsibility, but I didn't say I wouldn't teach them. On the contrary, I will try to teach them everything I know and warn them about the dangers so they don't enter this world completely uninformed, or at least have some theoretical knowledge.

[woez]

The decision you have made for your child is the best decision, but a better decision will be to teach your children about cryptocurrency not after passing school but after passing college when they go to university because when your children pass school and go to college, that time comes as an important time in life because college life is another step in changing their destiny. If you can get a good result in college life by working hard very well, then there is a very good chance of getting a chance in a government full university. And if you cannot pass college life well and cannot get a good result by studying well, then you will not be able to get the qualification to take the form in government universities. So I mean, you should teach your children about cryptocurrency trading not after finishing school life but after getting a chance in university. Here, if you start your child from primary school, high school-college life and then if you get a chance in university, then you will be an ideal father to your child.Before that, I wouldn't consider you an ideal father.

Children will have a time to learn to be independent when the time comes. We as parents must understand the current situation and developments. School is no longer sufficient. Our focus should not be on learning crypto, gambling, or anything else, but on developing money-making skills, teaching our children practical skills, and practicing public speaking.

If we don't prepare this properly and rely solely on their high school and college graduation for the entrance exam, our children could be outperformed by other applicants. College isn't just about applying for jobs, but rather creating jobs, which requires skills, especially specialized ones. Once they're strong enough, they'll naturally diversify their finances, whether by investing in Bitcoin or having a little fun with friends on sports betting. If their hard work is lost, it's only a small portion of their savings. The bottom line is, be a father who understands what's needed for our children's future.

[fruktik]

If I were to have a kid, and he were to gamble, I wouldn't be proud. Gambling is an activity that has potential to backfire royally. He's 17 year old as you mentioned earlier, kids of this age often make silly mistakes (I am just judging from how I was at that age) — make sure he's aware of dangers gambling can create as it won't be long when he'll gambling on his own and may not mention it you altogether.

That's right. I don't think children should gamble. Their minds are still too weak to understand all the consequences of their decisions in this area. I would recommend having a preventative conversation with your child to protect them from it at this age. Let their thought process strengthen and gain some wisdom, then they can start trying gambling. Even adults don't realize it in most cases, let alone young people?

[libert19]

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Trust me, I was going to write the same things and discover you already wrote them. I feel introducing gambling to kids isn't an ideal decision at any cost. For me, even kids shouldn't be introduced to something related to earning money when they are studying at school. Because he isn't mature yet, so when he becomes addicted to earning money, then definitely he couldn't focus on his study. Whether it's gambling, trading or freelancing, he will be addicted to earning from these sources.

This is fact. Back when I was in college, there were guys who got jobs to earn money, and eventually dropped out without finishing their studies.

... I will introduce crypto and teach them about trading only. So they could make some money instead of gambling.

Trading ain't that far from gambling, is it?

[TopTort777]

Everyone has their own way of raising their children. It's good that they're following their own path, with you overseeing them, and learning responsibility at a young age.

Personally, my way of thinking is different. I will never teach my children to gamble, nor will I ever allow them to gamble while they are minors. Once they reach adulthood, they are free to do as they please and are responsible for their actions. I don't think it's wise to teach children to gamble at such a young age.

How are you going to react, when by reaching 18, whole new world, new information and possibilities will be opened for your kid? Your kid will try to try everything as quick as possible, without going deep into details. You know why I am sure that it will happen? Take a look how kids react when they enter amusement park, play ground. How adults react when new shop or mall are opened. People run from shelve to shelve, from game to game, from toy to toy. A kid that turns 18 and now can do anything, most probably will first fail at many things. Because he has no mentor or experience. I really doubt that at this age, the kid will turn to parent for help, explanation, advice. With 99,99% probability he will seek all that from friend (who are same newbie in "adult" things) or internet. Want your kid teacher be internet or same unexperienced friend? I dont.

Teaching 5 or 10 years old to gamble indeed isnt wise, as kids at such age are indeed young. But 17 ? It is not young age anymore. It is 1 tiny step to become an adult.

I respect your point of view, of course. You may be right about some of the points you raised because children will grow up someday and we'll be thrust into a new world. Especially when they reach 16 or 17 years old, they become unruly and difficult to control.

I said I would prevent them from gambling because they are not yet capable of taking responsibility, but I didn't say I wouldn't teach them. On the contrary, I will try to teach them everything I know and warn them about the dangers so they don't enter this world completely uninformed, or at least have some theoretical knowledge.

Then I havent fully understood meaning of your "to teach". I would not teach my kid to gamble with the idea that the kid will be able to gamble on his own. Or that after passing my teaching course, he can start earning money with gambling. My teaching will be more showing and giving examples, than forcing to gamble and stimulating to earn money. Btw, teaching about gambling will touch responsibility aspect a lot. Because as soon as my kid start to attend school, start to socialize more, I start to teach him that every his steps, action will require responsibility. That he is responsible for everything he does and say. That he should not give promises he cant complete, "throw words on wind", and if he does something wrong or bad, it will be his duty to fix that. I wont be a fairy with a wand that fix all issues in no time.

[ruykeri]

Gambling is basically a matter of controlling emotions. Children are young and cannot control their emotions. That is why they often make wrong decisions. Parents need to be more aware of this. You are taking too much pride in your child's gambling. It is your personal matter, but if you consider everything, I don't think anyone should be addicted to gambling before the age of 25. When a person learns to earn his own income, he will understand the importance of income in his life and when he takes responsibility for a family, he will understand how important it is to be financially secure to survive. So at that time, he will not be able to waste a lot of money on gambling because he will have a great sense of responsibility, then he will also learn to control his emotions. In this situation, if someone gambles some money from his income for entertainment, it will not cause much harm in his life. Therefore, children should always be kept away from such things.

[khiholangkang]

If I were to have a kid, and he were to gamble, I wouldn't be proud. Gambling is an activity that has potential to backfire royally. He's 17 year old as you mentioned earlier, kids of this age often make silly mistakes (I am just judging from how I was at that age) — make sure he's aware of dangers gambling can create as it won't be long when he'll gambling on his own and may not mention it you altogether.

That's right. I don't think children should gamble. Their minds are still too weak to understand all the consequences of their decisions in this area. I would recommend having a preventative conversation with your child to protect them from it at this age. Let their thought process strengthen and gain some wisdom, then they can start trying gambling. Even adults don't realize it in most cases, let alone young people?

I really agree with what you said, adults alone are difficult to control themselves in gambling, even though there are many observations and so on in the way of thinking or even a teacher who basically has a good mindset to protect himself and safe living principles, but many are out of control when in contact with gambling, especially if it is young children and easily obsessed with something they like, this will be a hard boomerang for both parents if they support gambling.

Moreover, gambling is now quite easy, wherever and whenever it can be done only with the cellphone they have, their parents cannot easily watch them, unlike in the past when children were absent all day and they were caught gambling, we could follow them to the nearest casino to approach them and take them home.

[yhiaali3]

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Then I havent fully understood meaning of your "to teach". I would not teach my kid to gamble with the idea that the kid will be able to gamble on his own. Or that after passing my teaching course, he can start earning money with gambling. My teaching will be more showing and giving examples, than forcing to gamble and stimulating to earn money. Btw, teaching about gambling will touch responsibility aspect a lot. Because as soon as my kid start to attend school, start to socialize more, I start to teach him that every his steps, action will require responsibility. That he is responsible for everything he does and say. That he should not give promises he cant complete, "throw words on wind", and if he does something wrong or bad, it will be his duty to fix that. I wont be a fairy with a wand that fix all issues in no time.

Of course, no one has a magic wand to solve all problems, and of course, I won't give my son educational courses. If he manages to pass the exam, I'll allow him to gamble or do whatever he wants.

For me, education isn't about words, but actions. Education begins with the parents' behavior, specifically, because children observe everything you do and they naturally imitate their parents. If a child sees his father lying, he will inevitably learn to lie. If he sees his father using drugs, he will imitate him when he grows up. And so it is with all the good or bad actions you perform in front of your children; these actions shape who they will become in the future.

Therefore, if you want to teach your son well, you must learn to do the right things in front of him. This, in my opinion, is true education.

[passwordnow]

It will change, whether a parent likes it or not and no matter how guided they were. They'll have their own desire, own decisions and own moves to be followed. That's how it's going to be with the kids that have grown up with a guided principle in gambling. It will be for their betterment and sake if they follow and abide what's been setup for them by their fathers. But just like us, we knew it that there were times we have broken the rules and followed the path we think that it's the right thing to do and if it fails, we move on, accept the mistake and try to be better afterward.

In general, teenagers often break the rules to understand the limits of what's allowed. Even if they learn to gamble, they'll likely begin testing their deposits, trying to figure out what would happen if they bet everything, and so on. Of course, even if they're lucky enough to win once, it's unlikely to happen again. The main thing is to avoid them wanting to gamble even more to prove their point. Therefore, it's best for parents to explain more often that gambling isn't the best option because it involves high risks. This can have a negative impact on the teenager's future, as they'll develop a distorted view of making money.

They are still in the stage of being curious and things can changed. Even if they've got their guardian to look after them, a time will come that they think they're already better without guidance. While parents have different thoughts about it, like OP is proud with his kid and the others are having that upsetting replies towards it. You'll never really know what's good or bad for yourself if it's shared in the public. But as long as it's done with moderation, I think that it's the best kind of parenting that we're not jailing them and restricting them a lot, we enjoy, they enjoy as long as there's still the limit and boundaries.

[TopTort777]

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Then I havent fully understood meaning of your "to teach". I would not teach my kid to gamble with the idea that the kid will be able to gamble on his own. Or that after passing my teaching course, he can start earning money with gambling. My teaching will be more showing and giving examples, than forcing to gamble and stimulating to earn money. Btw, teaching about gambling will touch responsibility aspect a lot. Because as soon as my kid start to attend school, start to socialize more, I start to teach him that every his steps, action will require responsibility. That he is responsible for everything he does and say. That he should not give promises he cant complete, "throw words on wind", and if he does something wrong or bad, it will be his duty to fix that. I wont be a fairy with a wand that fix all issues in no time.

Of course, no one has a magic wand to solve all problems, and of course, I won't give my son educational courses. If he manages to pass the exam, I'll allow him to gamble or do whatever he wants.

For me, education isn't about words, but actions. Education begins with the parents' behavior, specifically, because children observe everything you do and they naturally imitate their parents. If a child sees his father lying, he will inevitably learn to lie. If he sees his father using drugs, he will imitate him when he grows up. And so it is with all the good or bad actions you perform in front of your children; these actions shape who they will become in the future.

Therefore, if you want to teach your son well, you must learn to do the right things in front of him. This, in my opinion, is true education.

Lying to kids is a huge sin. It breaks kids logic. Parents told me that it is bad, but I seem them doing it with smile on face and are happy. I see a lot of parent do that mistake. Tell that they forbid to do something, then do that in front of kids.

Btw, my kid knows about gambling. I havent taught to gamble. Instead we talked and I showed games like poker, slots and crash. Poker looked uninterested, in crash it was "hard to win", but slots looked like "similar to what I have in roblox" (there is game when you collect bones during playthrough, then exchange them for boxes with random prizes).

[DiMarxist]

You'll never really know what's good or bad for yourself if it's shared in the public.

Once something is shared publicly, opinions start coming from all directions, and it becomes difficult to distinguish what’ is genuinely helpful from what is just noise. Everyone has different values and experiences, so public judgment can easily confuse or pressure a person into doubting their own decisions. And sometimes it’s better to keep personal matters private to maintain clarity and peace of mind.

[yslyv]

This is a hard topic to answer. If it were up to me, I wouldn’t allow it even with small amount.

I don’t think gambling is for kids. Even if he play with small amounts, it can become a sort of starting point at that age. And if he gets lucky a few times and win, its worse. he might easily get overly motivated and start chasing bigger wins. its so so early for gambling...

[yhiaali3]

Lying to kids is a huge sin. It breaks kids logic. Parents told me that it is bad, but I seem them doing it with smile on face and are happy. I see a lot of parent do that mistake. Tell that they forbid to do something, then do that in front of kids.

Btw, my kid knows about gambling. I havent taught to gamble. Instead we talked and I showed games like poker, slots and crash. Poker looked uninterested, in crash it was "hard to win", but slots looked like "similar to what I have in roblox" (there is game when you collect bones during playthrough, then exchange them for boxes with random prizes).

That's exactly what I mean. When you tell your children something is wrong and then they see you doing it in front of them, they'll lose faith in you.

I remember when I told my child that smoking was bad, he innocently asked, "Then why do you smoke?" It was a shocking question from a young child. That's when I realized that parents' actions speak louder than their words.

Today, I've stopped gambling because of the heavy losses, and I won't teach my kid to gamble so they don't make the same mistakes. I will teach him more about the disadvantages of gambling than about its advantages, and when he grows up he will be free to choose.

[Z_MBFM]

Just wanted to share this. My kid made a small parlay bet, less than a dollar, and it almost hit with just one leg missed. I’m actually proud of him, not because of the bet itself, but because he’s learning the game the right way. I’ve always been open about sports betting with him. I don’t overfeed him info or push him into it, but he’s naturally curious and wants to learn. He’s still in school, and I give him around $30 a week, so he’s betting within what he can afford which is good discipline for his age.

Seeing him enjoy it responsibly and treat it as something to study rather than just gamble on luck, that’s already a win for me as a father.

It is certainly commendable when young children learn something, but as a father, I will never teach my child about gambling. Because gambling is not a skill and cannot be a profession for anyone. I feel that if I teach my child about gambling and he gets addicted to gambling and ruins his professional career, I will be responsible for it. As a father, a child should always be taught about things that will strengthen his future and professional career and he can live a good life. I don't know why you are proud of such a talent of your child. I will never be proud of anything related to gambling of my child. Because by taking pride in these things, they will be encouraged to push them towards a deep addiction to gambling which can never give a good future to any child.

[lienfaye]

I remember when I told my child that smoking was bad, he innocently asked, "Then why do you smoke?" It was a shocking question from a young child. That's when I realized that parents' actions speak louder than their words.

I can relate. We can't expect the kids to obey if they're seeing their parents doing what was told as bad. That's why it's not going to be effective to lecture the kids if you as an adult can't even apply to yourself the words you're saying.

Today, I've stopped gambling because of the heavy losses, and I won't teach my kid to gamble so they don't make the same mistakes. I will teach him more about the disadvantages of gambling than about its advantages, and when he grows up he will be free to choose.

I don't want my kids to gamble just because I expose them to this activity. As you've said, when they became adult they free to do what they want to do. In my case, I still gamble but I make sure they're not around.

[leonair]

Just wanted to share this. My kid made a small parlay bet, less than a dollar, and it almost hit with just one leg missed. I’m actually proud of him, not because of the bet itself, but because he’s learning the game the right way. I’ve always been open about sports betting with him. I don’t overfeed him info or push him into it, but he’s naturally curious and wants to learn. He’s still in school, and I give him around $30 a week, so he’s betting within what he can afford which is good discipline for his age.

I am really surprised that you can gamble in front of your child. And at the same time you can boast about a good prediction of your child. Here you are encouraging your child and installing this idea in his friends that gambling is a good thing. Your child will gradually grow up and think of gambling as something with a lot of potential and if he gambles you will not be able to stop him because you are encouraging him in this matter. And this activity can ruin your child's life. The way you are talking about it, it seems that you are very serious about gambling and you consider gambling as a good way of income. Where everyone is trying to keep their child away from gambling, you are teaching your child to gamble. And I think you are very addicted to gambling yourself that is why you are very excited about this matter.

[passwordnow]

You'll never really know what's good or bad for yourself if it's shared in the public.

Once something is shared publicly, opinions start coming from all directions, and it becomes difficult to distinguish what’ is genuinely helpful from what is just noise. Everyone has different values and experiences, so public judgment can easily confuse or pressure a person into doubting their own decisions. And sometimes it’s better to keep personal matters private to maintain clarity and peace of mind.

I agree, there are things that we should just keep privately. But in the case OP, it's okay to share that and we're in the public forum where no one knows your personal identity. Not unless you know some here personally in real life and you've brought them here or vice versa. With what I see, I see full joy from OP while the others are against to what he did. And that's why we can't tell what could be good to share in the public but as long as it's not hurting anyone and I don't see it here where op is just proud of what his kid did for the parlay he's done.

[Asuspawer09]

I mean, that's impressive. I remember when I did this kind of bet as well, it just felt like an expert  When you do something like this, seeing your bet is like completely winning.

Probably just because the kid just likes the sport, but I'm pretty sure gambling wasn't for kids, because this has some effect psychologically, and they might get addicted since it mostly starts young. I mean, wasn't he here to teach anything, I dont have a kid, pretty sure you can handle it already. Also you teach him how to handle money in an early age is going to be great, as long as you can guide him with this, he can learn the lesson without getting the bad effects. Like teaching him to gamble responsibly, teach him that be responsible when it comes to his finances, and how he's going to handle his money.

Still, I would just recommend switching to like video games since it doesn't involve money, or doing the sport purely, since he likes the sport basketball already, pretty sure he likes to play as well, as long as he's supported for sure he would be more likely to keep on playing, plus it is cardio and it's great for health.

[Wakate]

It is certainly commendable when young children learn something, but as a father, I will never teach my child about gambling. Because gambling is not a skill and cannot be a profession for anyone.

Gambling can have serious effect on children and that's one reason we should never try to show children how to gamble or let them know that we are into gambling. Children are very curious and they learn very fast because they want to know why the fan is rotating, why we have day and night. So many questions that you will have to answer if they find you gambling or they noticed that you can make money when you bet.