A family member reported to me that her eighteen years old son has started gambling. She is not worried that he is gaming but her problem is that he is a student that solely depends on her for everything he needs. Her fear is also that her son might start stealing from her if he has no access to the money he needs to gamble. My relative has even started suspecting that some money she feels was misplaced might have been stolen by her son.
I spoke to my nephew and he told me that he has never stolen from his mother to gamble. And he gambles with only his savings from his weekly stipend he receives from the family. And he won't gamble if he has no savings to do that. From my observation, he is a responsible gambler that is just enjoying the game and making a little money occasionally. The gambling age in my country is 18+, but his mother is insisting that he must stop. What will be your advice for this young boy?
He is now of age, as an uncle you must advise him, even if you can and have the time, you should go with him where he bets, to see how he does it, with you also betting, there is no better way than to do things like this, While you are betting you have to tell him to play the game like you do, that is, to imitate you in some things, and those things are simple, the first thing before entering, check how much money he is willing to lose, yes, lose , not to win, because he enters with the intention of winning, which is right and wrong, but he must understand that he is entering a casino where the money he puts there is and can be completely lost, and you give him the For example, you have to have some money that day just so that you can mentor him because he really needs it, you can't start being selfish, you must teach him, not so that he becomes a person who is irresponsible, but so that he doesn't falls into an addiction and loses control, you also have to tell him that in the game, as a person, you have to set your own rules, and that above all there are things that you as a man should not say to your mother, because generally Moms suffer a lot, and that's not the idea either.
The moment you arrive at the casino with him, show him your style of play, let him see the game as going to play PS5 or something like that, that when the money runs out, no more, you cannot deposit more than what you were willing to deposit. losing, if the person deposits more is when the problems begin, because the most likely thing is that that other money is already compromised, and that is not only what is sought, so that way you give him in-depth teaching, also talk to him about the dangers of addiction, but with cases that have already happened, that he is barely 18 years old, that he is looking for a girlfriend and a girlfriend does take up his time and money lol, because he has to go out with her, take her to the movies, but he doesn't look for a girlfriend at the casino because there he eats worse, or he dedicates himself to studying+working, I think with that he won't have time to go to the casino, and if he has some time left you should persuade him to play soccer, which do a physical activity, like going to the gym or something like that, the idea is that you can help yourself avoid an addiction.