Effects of Gambling in Front of Our Children, What Are We Teaching Them?

[DrBeer]

I don't think it's ideal to gamble in front of children. I don't try it in their presence. I feel it's more like taking their childhood away from them and reconfiguring their brain too early enough to see life life from a wrong perspective of uncertainty at their level at a time they should be more creative with their minds and focus on skills and smart work.
Children exposed to gambling at early ages may end up detesting hard work and start thinking solely of shortcuts to being rich since they may not fully understand that gambling isn't to be used as a source of income. Exposing a child to gambling from a younger age may have a negative impression on the way the child developed mentally into adulthood.

That's a very good point! Let's put it this way: gambling, which falls under the category of “adult entertainment,” is in the same category as tobacco, alcohol, intimate relationships, and many other things that are too early for children to understand and observe. If they see us doing it, they perceive it as normal and continue to believe that they can do it too. I don't think I need to explain where that leads. Everything has its time, and before that time comes, there is no need to accustom them to adult life.

[Son Of Blockchain (SOB)]

 There are some things you don't do in the presence of your children, most children who learnt things like smoking, drinking or having sex  before adult age learnt it from their parents, gambling is another thing that shouldn't be exposed to children cause they could easily get addicted since they're still young and can't manage the risk properly.
 The Bible didn't lie when it said parents should train their children in the way they should go, not exposing your kids to adults stuffs or things that would ruin their childhood is a good way to train them in the way they should go, although some parents get addicted to the point that they don't mind their kids seeing them doing adult stuffs, which is bad.

[Beparanf]

I don't think it's ideal to gamble in front of children. I don't try it in their presence. I feel it's more like taking their childhood away from them and reconfiguring their brain too early enough to see life life from a wrong perspective of uncertainty at their level at a time they should be more creative with their minds and focus on skills and smart work.
Children exposed to gambling at early ages may end up detesting hard work and start thinking solely of shortcuts to being rich since they may not fully understand that gambling isn't to be used as a source of income. Exposing a child to gambling from a younger age may have a negative impression on the way the child developed mentally into adulthood.

That's a very good point! Let's put it this way: gambling, which falls under the category of “adult entertainment,” is in the same category as tobacco, alcohol, intimate relationships, and many other things that are too early for children to understand and observe. If they see us doing it, they perceive it as normal and continue to believe that they can do it too. I don't think I need to explain where that leads. Everything has its time, and before that time comes, there is no need to accustom them to adult life.

This is a very good interpretation and to back it up furthermore gambling has age restrictions that proves it’s an adult entertainment only.

It’s irresponsible for someone to a minor do this thing especially if he is showing a discomfort emotion from the game. In my country, Smoking, drinking and other things that you mention are done casually in public even in front of minor that’s why it’s become a norm for a teenager here to try those things because even parents encourage them to try it.

Philippines has a high number of gambler due to this public display of gambling.

[justdimin]

In this case, I think it will be very difficult to prevent children from gambling nowadays. And in terms of technology, the states have advanced a lot.  We are now giving mobile phones or devices to children at a very young age. And that is why our children are not too complicated and open to gambling. Since casinos are the first to advertise paid ads, they will appear even if we don't want them to. And since the children are small, it will attract them very easily. So i think a mobile or laptop should not be given to a child at a young age.

It's not really responsibility of a casino or a government to prevent kids from gambling. This is what people do not understand, drugs are illegal too and you think it would be hard to find some? Like when I grew up, I never smoked but do you think that it would have been hard for me to find some and smoke?

Of course not, I knew so many friends who did, and if I wanted a phone call would have been enough for me to smoke some drugs. I did not, because first of all I wasn't a moron and secondly I had decent parents who actually loved me and that's why I did not. Same with gambling, if a kid thinks they are going to get rich gambling, they are stupid, kids are stupid in general but those would be specially more stupid and I would suggest that parents needs to take care of those even better.

[HelliumZ]

Parents or adults who gamble in front of their children lack morals and are valueless guardians. If a guardian had even the slightest sense of values and thought about the future generation, they would never gamble in front of their children.
If a guardian encourages a child to participate in gambling instead of advising them, then that guardian is really like a brainless garbage. All these guardians will not be of any use to the future generations, but rather they will create a harmful situation for the future generations.

[Hewlet]

There are some things you don't do in the presence of your children, most children who learnt things like smoking, drinking or having sex  before adult age learnt it from their parents, gambling is another thing that shouldn't be exposed to children cause they could easily get addicted since they're still young and can't manage the risk properly.

The responsibility that comes with being a parent is far greater than the idea of just getting a girl pregnant can cover. what your child becomes is to a large extent dependent on what you allow them to be exposed to and fact is that children learn a lot from observation than by the things you talk to them about. children that grow up under parents that drink alcohol will most likely grow up to drink alcohol and take it to the next level above their parents and same is the case with children whose parent gamble, it is just a matter of time before they will join suit and go beyond their parents.

[Kelvinid]

Parents or adults who gamble in front of their children lack morals and are valueless guardians. If a guardian had even the slightest sense of values and thought about the future generation, they would never gamble in front of their children.
If a guardian encourages a child to participate in gambling instead of advising them, then that guardian is really like a brainless garbage. All these guardians will not be of any use to the future generations, but rather they will create a harmful situation for the future generations.

In other words…they are irresponsible parents/gamblers. What they do and what the kids see their parents do will be kept in their minds, and they might follow the path.

I hope this will not happen. Parents should look into the welfare of their children and light them up with good deeds. Even though their kids know their parents are gambling, at least it's not in front of these innocent minds. Being a responsible parent is not difficult to do. Unless we don't care about our future and never mind the impact it has on the people around us.

[DrBeer]

I don't think it's ideal to gamble in front of children. I don't try it in their presence. I feel it's more like taking their childhood away from them and reconfiguring their brain too early enough to see life life from a wrong perspective of uncertainty at their level at a time they should be more creative with their minds and focus on skills and smart work.
Children exposed to gambling at early ages may end up detesting hard work and start thinking solely of shortcuts to being rich since they may not fully understand that gambling isn't to be used as a source of income. Exposing a child to gambling from a younger age may have a negative impression on the way the child developed mentally into adulthood.

That's a very good point! Let's put it this way: gambling, which falls under the category of “adult entertainment,” is in the same category as tobacco, alcohol, intimate relationships, and many other things that are too early for children to understand and observe. If they see us doing it, they perceive it as normal and continue to believe that they can do it too. I don't think I need to explain where that leads. Everything has its time, and before that time comes, there is no need to accustom them to adult life.

This is a very good interpretation and to back it up furthermore gambling has age restrictions that proves it’s an adult entertainment only.

It’s irresponsible for someone to a minor do this thing especially if he is showing a discomfort emotion from the game. In my country, Smoking, drinking and other things that you mention are done casually in public even in front of minor that’s why it’s become a norm for a teenager here to try those things because even parents encourage them to try it.

Philippines has a high number of gambler due to this public display of gambling.

This means the problem has already taken on a social dimension. Let me explain:
- The first people to influence and shape a child are the family. The family must lay the foundation for the child’s development and also set certain boundaries for the child until he or she becomes independent. As I wrote earlier, for example, people who do not earn money and have no income should not be allowed to gamble.
- The second group to influence a child is society at large. This includes schools and institutions. It also includes laws that, if not restrict, should at least reduce the level of “propaganda promoting accessibility” to certain activities. These are primarily matters for the country’s legislative branch.

And yes, if a child sees that all of this is permissible—that “everyone does it”—they form the opinion that these are natural processes, and that they, too, can engage in them.