Topic: Does having children have an influence on gambling habits? - page 15. (Read 1960 times)

Sure. The more you expound your family through childbirth, the more the financial commitment and responsibilities.


Not sometimes but almost all the time. Taking care of family is takes more from the parents. The children doesn't understand any other thing apart from their needs which must be met if you want a happy home and enjoy your kids and wife. If you don't meet those needs be sure you will have a nagging wife with colouration of disrespect  


Certainly so because having a family is a big responsibility that drains someone out financially especially if you are not financially buoyant and even it is a strain on average family. Therefore, to combine gambling expenses with having a family is quite challenging. If you are a family person, a lose is more painful than a single man who only takes care of his own need as one person . So it makes the responsible family man to either slow down his betting budget, certain risks may be minimised unlike those still single.


Surely. A single man can easily work away in loses without much sad feeling but because a family man has more responsibility, he would almost express regrets after the lose. In some cases you will hear some in offline gambling shop secretly saying to themselves that they would have used that money to buy diaper for the baby at home but they only wanted to try their luck and now that they have lost the money, that they are stranded. There are different regrets expressed by family men when they lose bets because of the huge family commitments.

if we have been addicted to gambling. Of course it will be difficult to stop playing. To get around this, usually many people only use a small portion of their income to gamble. and others for family needs. So in this way, the family's needs are still met and our gambling addiction is still overcome, even though it's not like it used to be. but at least you can still be satisfied and be able to gamble.

I don't think there are any people who would be able to handle normal gambling life if such a responsibility impose on them. Of course, when a gambler is entrusted with managing his family, the type of gambling pattern also changes. I know a gambler who used to indulge in gambling before his marriage but had to go out in search of regular work when his family grew. He can't gamble even if he wants to. Moreover, even if he lost earlier, he would not have had any problem, but now he has to regularly provide money for the family. He has to spend that money for any family work. When I questioned him about this, he replied that he had more responsibilities outside of gambling. He also has to fulfil that responsibility.

You have to change your gambling when you get married and have children because that has to be your priority financially, and I felt the change I had to accept.
Before I got married and had children, I gambled endlessly with my time and money because I had nothing to take care of, and after having a family and children I had to change my gambling habits.
I used to gamble almost every day without worrying about spending money, and now I only gamble on weekends for just a few dollars and that too if I have the urge to gamble. Because I put my family's needs first, especially my children, when they want something and I have to be able to make it happen.

Yeah right if you are a responsible parents but there’s still some people that leave the responsibility of their child to wife while the husband can do whatever he want as long as he can provide money for his family. This question will vary based on the family arrangement and financial capability of a person because someone rich can still gamble like normal even if he has a child to support since his salary is sufficient to cover everything.

It’s up to the person priorities but normally people on a normal family will slow down on gambling and focus on his family since expenses grow along with the children growth so it’s only normal to stop gambling expenses and focus to family.

Having kids definitely shakes up your gaming routine. Tight budgets and less free time come with the parenting package. You might find yourself playing less or on a budget-friendly console and losing a game hits differently when you're the one in charge of a family. The guilt of spending time gaming instead of handling parental duties can make losses sting a bit more plus gaming expenses might take a back seat to more pressing family needs. It's all about finding that balance between being a gamer and a responsible parent where losses in games are weighed against the larger backdrop of family life

Yes, parents can changes their gambling habits and will gives priorities to their children and family because they knows that's the important things in their life. They will not try to playing gambling too often and will reduces their habits because of their family and children. Some parents will stops their gambling activity because they don't want to losing money from gambling and they knows that the money is better for their family and not deserves to be used for playing gambling. But we knows that some parents will still playing gambling and still trying to allocates some money to their habits. But they also allocates the other money for their children and family.

It certainly does, but again, it happens differently depending on the psychology of the person. I think there are examples when upbringing is very difficult for someone, constant lack of sleep, children’s crying, all this usually divides the life of parents into BEFORE and AFTER. Generally speaking, I think that for some this can lead to mild depression, the consequences of which can affect their involvement in gambling as an activity in which a person seems to be hiding from the outside world and children. The player can go crazy there simply by losing money and showing various emotions. But there are also players who, having children, on the contrary, behave extremely responsibly, so much so that they will never get involved in gambling until the children reach an old age and become independent. Here I also see the danger in the fact that the player can indulge in sudden permissiveness and accumulated emotions that he has not shown for many long years and give free rein to his feelings.

Of course responsibility increases after having children, in that case if someone is irresponsible then he will gamble beyond his afford zone. But I don't think there's anything wrong with gambling after having kids within your afford. But here one thing must be taken care that gambling should be limited till enjoyment so that it never reaches addiction which can bring trouble for your family.
Buddy I think you are mixing up trading and gambling I don't think those are the same things this to our totally different from each other. And yes what you have said is right that most of the trader face loss because they are not the professional in trading most of the people don't know how to do technical analysis or they don't even the basic fundamental knowledge so in this case those trader face loss you can also say those who don't do analysis and investing trading they are like same as gambler

If you have children and you are spending your bill money, food money, or anything else that should be used for your family then IMO you're a moron and a waste of human life. 1st responsibility should be to your family, then if you have the extra, you can gamble a little.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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?

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.

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.

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.