Topic: Concerns grow over online gambling among teens - page 9. (Read 3411 times)

Gambling among teenagers is definitely growing and two obvious factors are to blame for this: firstly, all teenagers now have smartphones. And now it is very easy for them to just go to the gambling casino or betting site and place a bet there.
All teenagers have plastic cards, so it will not be a problem to replenish the deposit. And the casino will not check in any way whether teenagers are as old as they need to be under the law.

A teenager will need to get money somewhere to constantly gamble, and I’m actually not against the fact that if there is a lot of interest, the teenager tries to play, so that he understands that it is very easy to lose money in gambling, perhaps this experience will be enough for him to understand that everything here is not as simple as it seems, that in addition to luck you need to have many other skills, without which there is nothing to do here. I doubt that from playing several times he will get some kind of addiction, but I believe that he will be able to understand that it is not for nothing that this activity is prohibited until adulthood.

I share some of your views but not all. Fine, we did some troublesome and crazy things when we were kids, nevertheless, if you are sincere with yourself, you could have done some things better or even avoided them entirely. Even if this is not your case (since we can't take the same path), it doesn't mean it is not what others would have wished they did differently. This could only mean that the guidance of children is limitless, we should do our best to upgrade our old flaws and guide them in the best possible way. This does not mean we can't connect with them, we can still be their best friend and also help them drop what we believe is not good for them at their age.

Anything adult-related is not supposed to be allowed for children no matter the defence, there is time for everything.

As for the financial mistakes remark, this is not necessary for them at that age unless it is just the normal mismanagement of their allowances or pocket money. One can continue to guide them still and show them how to do it better. But for them gambling, I don't call it a financial mistake but abuse of their age.

I wonder how far they will actually get in trying to implement this?? I had no clue that this was such a problem with teens I guess it does make a lot of sense tho, even toddlers have phones now. I wonder how young the youngest gambler is 😳

The advertisement of 1xbet has gone viral, and to say the truth, most children under the age of 18 have a 1xbet account and they were attracted to gamble through 1xbet advertisements and other advertising that's frustrating. Why I said frustrating is because before I want open any page on my browser without receiving a 1xbet advert, but now I have set may browser advert settings that's why I can now browse freely without having any unnecessary advertisement. We are in a modern world and many parents have bought smart phones for their children, so if this casino advertise continue to pop up on screen one day the child will be tempted to click on them and register, before you know it the child have started gambling.

Yes, some kids are so smart that they can bypass the parental guidance settings on the phone their parents grant them access to, but if the kids are always involved in gambling activities, they may not really keep a clean track all the time, and some observant parents can easily find out about it, while some parents are just too busy to even look at what their kids are doing. They maythink that parental guidance can do the whole job; they don't realize that they also need to be there looking at what the kids are actually doing.

Like you said, some kids don't realize the danger of gambling until they begin to get addicted or perhaps grow up with an addicted gambling lifestyle. 

To tell the truth, it is not possible to get any result by explaining the dangers of gambling to the youth, especially online, so many attractive gambling advertisements will be given that the youth are attracted to gambling after seeing that advertisement. Usually, children are deeply attracted to 1×bet, 1×Bat, betting sites at a young age, so thousands of anti-gambling campaigns have not yielded any results. No matter how much we discuss/criticize the horrors against gambling on radio and television, today's young generation does not attach any importance to those discussions and criticism, so no matter how much we create awareness as guardians, it is of no use.

When we call teens "troublesome", aren't we starting the trouble? Teenage hormones and angst aren't all. Important growth time. If they feel unheard, they may be secretive. Imagine an environment where free communication replaces detective work. It's crazy, but isn't it crazier to demand honesty while we're watching shows like Big Brother?

Money, now. Non-earning teens don't devalue it. It's about table seating. Allow them to make financial mistakes with our help. Calculated yet worthwhile risk. Financial choices are like life's

I think it's a normal mistake for children to trick their parents into having more to buy their favorite things because I also did the same thing when I was little, but the mistake parents make is never monitoring their children's activities outside the home or in the home environment, because the reality is that the child you should not hide anything you have done and parents can find out all their children's activities when they interrogate their children in a good way and never get emotional towards their children. However, children are never wrong if they are still under the guidance of their parents, therefore, take good care of your children so that they are not influenced by bad things such as gambling.

Although basically this idea is good to use as a prevention so that a child can really avoid gambling, yes, I think it is unlikely for schools to add this learning to the subject curriculum at their school, as I said, usually this is more directed at parental responsibility, but if the government really pays attention to this bad possibility, then maybe the government will order all schools in the country to implement lessons about the dangers of gambling. But actually, if we look at it from another point of view, I would say that telling a child about the dangers of gambling could also be the wrong action, because as we know, a child who is still a minor usually has a fairly high level of curiosity about anything. what they found, means that it is not impossible for them to try to do something that is completely prohibited because of their curiosity, especially about gambling activities.

In an environment where children are still underage, they usually always want to follow or have everything that their friends have, whatever it is, meaning that if in that environment there is one of them who is involved in gambling then yes, that is something that Maybe in the end everyone will try to get involved, wanting to look cool like you said. Returning to the initial discussion, in my opinion, one solution that might be more appropriate is that we as parents and perhaps also the school are better off keeping a child away from anything that is negative, especially gambling, because it is better not to know about it at all.

Parenting is one job that requires intentionality at it's peak because a little mistake from a parent over his/her wards might lead to eternal doom for such child especially when the child is still a minor. Growing up as a child in my local setting, there were several engagements some kids who never the opportunity of being raised by responsible adults were involving themselves with that I wanted to join them do but was restricted by my parents. I was feeling very bad then and was thinking my parents do not love me which is why they didn't want me to exercise absolute freedom. Those other kids were always free to do whatever they feel like doing like going out in the night, visiting places like that are exclusive to adults night clubs, gambling houses, cinema houses where movies that are meant for adults are shown and many others. To us that didn't have the freedom to join them then, we felt we were deprived of the happy moments we were supposed to enjoy but it was when we grew up to adults that we understand why we were stopped them by our parents.
Teens and children makes decisions based on their pleasures without minding the outcome of those decisions which is why they must be protected by every adult around them. The growing number of teens in gambling today which has now become a concern is caused by poor parenting if you ask me

Not all parents hand out few dollars to their kids just for lunch. Some kids are smart enough to trick their parents into giving them a bigger amount of money. Students are given by their parents almost everything reasonable they ask for, and such requests are being cooked up by peers. They're kids who appear to have gadgets other students always look out to have. When aske, how they were able to possess it, could say they made it via gambling. Maybe used their text book money or tuition fees to wager in the casino. Other children in the class like a plaque could begin to come up with lies about needing money for text books and all that, for gambling sake. So, while adults have high and low rollers, expect similar sets of people from teens.

Of course parents give them money all the time, but this is lunch money. They get it daily, but not so much to be burden for a family budget. Maybe current kids are different, but when I was a teen, I got enough money to buy lunch at school, even though we got served lunch at school. I used to waste those money on sweets. Parents knew I spent money not on lunch, but did nothing about it. As they knew that with such amount, it was not enough to buy anything bad, and even if I spent them on video games saloons (or computer clubs later), I would not play more than 30-60minutes.

That is why I see situation with gambling and kids today following. They get around $5 as lunch money probably (that is probably enough to get a meal at school or at fastfood place). Probably spend some of them on soda and chips. How much they have left? Few dollars for gambling? They wont turn them into hundreds and thousands. And after a couple of losses, they would drop an idea to continue gambling, and instead waste money on little things and all sorts of nonsense.

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.