Topic: Concerns grow over online gambling among teens - page 10. (Read 3538 times)

You won't really be a victim if you are really just that sensible or mindful about your actions on which it would really be that impossible that you won't really be able to make yourself that be wary about the possible outcome or results that you might encounter on the moment that you do find yourself do deal with it.Its not really that not bad to gamble on which if you are really just that make yourself responsible then there would really be no issues.

Be responsible and you won't really be having no issues but due on being that immature then it would be possible that you do get hooked up so easily.

The students and young people have no experience and they can be victims of the gambling industry in case of not have responsible gambling behaviour. The habits become consistent after a few months due to the easy access to mobile phones or personal computers so it is better to explain the idea behind gambling that can ruin their young life due to lack of risk or money management. Parents are part of the story since teens are more tech-savvy compared to the old generation, so actions should be first if there are signs of gambling addiction, IMHO.

You are absolutely right, the issue of the type of friends our children go out with in the absents of the parents is really something every parent who cares for their wards should be worried about.
But then on the other hand, I think if parents who have enough free time in their hands should really care about the welfare of their kids, the such parent will make sure to influence even the type of friends their children mingle with.

It's really almost all about the parent having the time, and as well willing to give their children the attention they need.

And like I will always say though, gambling is not a bad thing to do, but my only problem is when students who can't fend for themselves aside the help of their parents, start to engage themselves in gambling, it's just not good.

I agree that schools are shifting their focus to parental responsibility. But if everyone is busy shifting responsibility, then nothing good will come of it. It would be ideal if both parties paid at least minimal attention to this, I do not demand much from this. Sometimes it may even happen that parents will explain this at school, but children will do the opposite because bad things attract them out of curiosity.

Ultimately, everything will depend on the friends and campaign of teenagers and children. If they have a bad leader who does bad things, then everyone will also imitate him, because many will want to look cool. I myself remember how this happened in my childhood and the impact such bad guys had on others.

Prevention is the best thing that can be, and it’s even better to hold, for example, an open lesson for schoolchildren and students and invite people there who have or had a strong gaming addiction to show with a real example and ask live questions, this will be much better and more reliable than empty chatter on television or on social networks. The younger generation always needs a living example; this will be much more effective.

It's quite crucial for parents to watch over their kids and maintain a good relationship with them and understand where they are getting things wrong. The kind of peers they walk along with in the neighborhood. As they'll be no way teens won't be making some money via their parents, and most of them also try to double the funds, so as to stay independent and don't bother over another strategy of getting funds from their parents.

Most of them who get into this troubles weren't greedy, they all wanted to reduce the load of expenses they place on their parents. That's why they try out multiple means of making money. Unfortunately, many fall into the wrong line of making money. Hence, parents have to play an active role in observing the operations of their children.

Of course, if all the parents are at home, you can be sure they will supervise or guide their children well. Even though we guide our children well at home and even though we forbid our children from doing things that are not good, outside we never know about our children's relationships or friendships. Sometimes it is this association or friendship that makes something happen Our children may experience changes or fall into social circles out there following their friends. Usually at a young age these children are curious to try something they have never done in their life. Usually you can be sure that they will hide their activities from their parents. Yes, this is a worry for every parent.

Yes, that's right, especially now that there are many married couples who both choose to work, it's not wrong to increase their income, but however we can never exclude a child in our lives, because of course a child definitely needs attention and guidance from both parents. Meanwhile, when both parents are busy working and entrust their children to other people, such as one of their family members, then of course there will be no attention to a child because even though for example the parents have finished their work, of course they need time to rest. .

This means that I think I am clear that it is very likely that their children could fall into various negative things including gambling, especially in their play environment when their parents are busy working. Despite directing proper education regarding the dangers of the bad effects that gambling can cause, I think it is unlikely for schools to provide such learning in their curriculum, because usually this problem is more directed at the responsibility of parents.

That is why they are still kids, they are immature but just have that headstrong which will put them into trouble if we allow them to do as they please. That is why we are there, we are to guide them aright and no matter what they feel about the things that are wrong at their age or adult-related, they should never be allowed to do it no matter how they feel. When children are getting to the age of 14-18, they are worse to tame, and if it is not a direct negative impact through the parent, it may be cryptic, which could be tougher to detect as it could be through the environment, friends and many more, children are also very secretive to make the matters worst.

This is why parents/guardians should even be more sensitive and prove smarter than their children/wards to be able to know what they are up to at all times. There is no way they can outsmart the sensitive parents, after all, we tasted the water of this life before them and there is nothing they are doing or trying to do now that we've not done before. Above all, most of these children are not working to earn money for now, so any children who don't work for their money should not be allowed to waste money. Even if you work for the money, you still have to wait until you are mature enough to make a better-informed judgment of your own before engaging in adult-related activities.

I see how many parents in my environment cannot provide much attention to their children because they are at work almost all the time. And when there is time for rest, not all parents remember about those important things that need to be explained to their children, including gambling. Of course, if a campaign to protect children from gambling rises in society, which can have a positive impact on them, then a lot of time will be devoted to this. For example, teachers at school can conduct short informational lessons on this topic at least once a month, and if the community of parents is responsible, then everyone will have a conversation at home with their child for at least 5 minutes about the risks of gambling. Parents also need to remember that it is better not to gamble in front of their children.

As a parent then you would really be doing your very best on trying out to provide all the things on which our kids are really that needing and this is why on the moment that we would really be able to give out everything on which there would really be that potential risk on making them deal up with something since they do have the money that they would really be able to deal with.
This is why you cant really blame out parents or guardians on this regard because not all would really be able to filter or see or check their kids on the things that they are really that dealing on with.
This is why it would really be that important that you should really be explaining up your kids about the cons of dealing up with gambling so that on the moment that they will really be able to
encounter then they do know on what the things they would be doing.

Teens have multiple means of extorting money from their parents. School, extracurricular activities, wears etc. You'd see it's endless and parent always try their best to be good to the young ones. By providing almost all their needs and replenishing their pocket money when exhausted. These are being done by parents for the sole aim of safeguarding them from doing something silly because of money, but the opposite still happen.

Most of them use the money for risky things like gambling, to make more money enough to compete with other rich peers. Teens also face challenges with monetary and materialistic competitions. Which leads them to participate in gambling. Stopping ads is not enough, gambling is a term filled all over every society and people don't need to see ads before they'll hear of gambling.

Of course you are right because most people especially some parents always misunderstood the whole idea of educating there children about gambling because just like you observed in as much as is very important to teach our children things they shouldn't venture into but we should also consider there age because there is no way they can expect a child of 5 years to still remember what he was taught when was five.

So perhaps a child with that age should only be well monitored and guided so that he will never be influenced by anything and perhaps when he or she has gotten to the right age then the parents can now educate them knowing fully well that if they failed to teach them they will eventually learned it from outsiders which is going to be very bad for them because they wouldn't really understand how to control there emotions towards it.

Not only just Bulgaria there are lots of countries where gambling is banned or pointed out gambling as illegal in their country. Like if I say about my country Bangladesh gambling has been declared illegal and banned here for almost the same reason. Even after that it could not be prevented in such a way that many underaged poeple have addiction to gambling which is becoming more dangerous day by day.
Especially in my country, the underaged poeples of high school and higher secondary school are seen to be gambling together, even then it is evading his school and evading studies. So I think that before banning gambling in these cases, the law and order of these countries should be fixed first. Otherwise, there will be no benefit from banning.

But if a person already knows or can get easy information about gambling, will reduce of ads seen really help? For example I dont see a lot of Coca-Cola ads around, but if I am thirsty, I most likely buy it. Or the situation with cigarettes. They are not seen at the shops, often behind nontransparent shelves, no ads, but people smoke a lot anyway. Even the high cost of cigarettes does not help.

Btw, if gambling gains popularity among teens, I wonder where they always get money from. They dont work, they cant ask endlessly money from parents. Then how come number of teen gamblers increase? 

The world is heading to a point where a person should be completely responsible for his actions with out involving the media and internet as the reason why they were exposed and getting to pertake in such acts. No matter the level of restriction on the internet, it is completely impossible to totally stop these teens from getting involved into gambling, not forgetting that information can be passed through physical meetings by same teens which will stir the other to try gambling aswell.

Some country government like Bulgaria due to the high level of gambling by the youth which they believe is as a result of online advertisement place ban on gambling and it’s related ads on social media which can be visible to their citizens, according to them they said it’s a means to reduce the level of exposure the teens get to gambling since they have free access to the internet.

Actually, for social media promotion issues related to advertising on the Internet, what I feel is that it depends on the traffic seen from our initial search. So in this case it could be that gambling advertisements or promotions are not seen by children if in the end they are not looking for it, but what happens is the opposite when we search for things related to gambling then surely traffic on social media or advertising will also follow.

Therefore, this is the role of parents so that they can guide their children so that they are not exposed to gambling, indeed this is difficult because in the end when children have explored it is sometimes difficult to stop but as much as possible we as parents must try as much as possible so that children do not do things that should not be done at their age. The role of parents is quite crucial here because even though we are still a gambler and we also still allow children to gamble when they grow up, but at least we must also try to protect so that children's productive age is not misused with gambling because it is not suitable for their current age (when they are teenagers).

The thing is that to even stop this is going to be an issue because the world has become so exposed that we can't actually control some of the things that the youth and teens do.  Gambling is literally advertise on all social media and some of the teens that actually do get involved in the act is as a result of the exposure to it.

And this is the most scary part of the gambling thing. Allowing teenagers to be exposed to gambling to the extent of being victims of addiction in gambling is absolutely a sad aspect of gambling. I would also like to mention that online gambling as a matter of fact has significantly increased the chances of teenagers' involvement in gambling to the level of becoming addicts. Before the advent of the online gambling, it was easy for the adults especially the old ones to control the exposure of these teenagers to gambling as many parents will leave their homes to gambling centres and locations that the family particularly the children will not be away of their whereabouts or gambling activities.