Gambling with some other person's money, isn't right. The person sends the money for other reasons not for gambling. But young people seem to go for money with a fast pace. Due to peer pressure on utilities, they'll end up getting in life. Sometimes those items they gamble for seem to be what they don't need. Even when it's handed to the youth, he'll misuse it and stop loving the item. However, the growing people, are so curious about life that they tend to try those things which they been restricted from doing.
Gambling thrives amongst young underage people, for the same inquisitive reasons. What matters is how to save the child from gambling. From the write up the mother is not concerned about his gambling habit; she's only hurt his son could be taking her funds secretly away from her. Yet, she forgets that her suspicious could be right, and it won't stop if the boy isn't restricted from gambling or kept on rehab or whatever method that can deliver her son from problem gambling.
Gambling by itself is not wrong if we are talking about an adult, which seems to be the case here, the issue is that the son gambles while he has no income on his own, which is a problem, because there are many hobbies out there which can be practiced without the need of having any money, but to gamble you need money, so he is using the money he is given for other purposes by his parents, so it seems the son actually believes that money is his, when it is not, as it was given to him by his parents and they can decide to not give him any if he keeps using this money to gamble.
When a gambler is credited with funds, he thinks first of utilities that most interests him, and try using his money on them. However, the mental stress of gambling also gets down the player to only wallow in the unending thoughts of gambling. Young gamblers who don't have access to making money, see gambling as a place to earn funds. Hence, while gambling they've got prepared some fantasies on their brain, that enforces their gambling activities. They tend to also have the interest of their family, in mind, if the money arrives. Those fantasies are what keeps these players going and deafens their ears from any contrary advice.
It's risky as a young boy, not to be funded some pocket money. All they need do is talk and interact. Communication can remove lots of emotional anger on other people around us. The mother needs to have him around, and interact with the son, sooner her wrong perspective about the boy will begin to change. All she wants, maybe, is for the boy to say the truth, regarding the stolen money. Both need consistent sincere communication. She has to save the boy, not suffer him.