Topic: How much gambling can change a person and how low his mind can go. (Read 487 times)

Being consistent in disciplining a child is very important. Sometimes it's okay to let something go, but when the second time happens without any comment, it's like starting another child who will grow up the wrong way. In this case, theft by a child is an offense that must be punished. Domestic theft is a serious problem that needs to be addressed before it spreads and affects others.

If you punish your children now, they may not like it, but it will benefit them in the long run. And as they say, tackle the problem early when it can be handled instead of letting it grow into a bigger problem later. So, tough love is sometimes part of raising a responsible child.

I have really a soft spot for parents or grandparents or just old people in general. I think that they have already lived this lives. They have experienced difficulties and had overcome challenges. Now, they need to only relax and take advantage of the days they have yet to live.

To hear that his child is causing him pain and suffering is really devastating.

Those who are losers and do have not enough funds to gambling may steal funds from friends and family at the beginning and later the person may turn into a scammer, hacker, robber, and so on But the number of these people is not too high. So, we can't consider the whole community with this negative effect.

young generation has this very attitude now though it is happening even in the past but its really rampant now , Children are really into sidetrip now instead of focusing in education yet they are tripping into other part that can generate them easy money.

and also social media is to be blame in this part because gambling is advertised all over the internet so children has become the main target of these casino sites because they are the one that can easily be lured to spend money that they did not even know how to earn.

It’s heartbreaking to hear such stories, but sharing them is brave and can be incredibly healing and helpful for others in similar situations.  It's crucial for families to stay connected and be aware of each other's struggles. Encouraging healthy habits and open conversations can help steer loved ones away from such pitfalls.

looks like this is YESTERDAY and not tomorrow , and lets start the topic about
this addiction because stealing even in Home is not that best for gambler .

actually this is what I do believe the effect of Online casino , because
everyone can access this to gamble and can hide inside the room.


actually  there are several stories here in my community when younger
are doing this stupid thing just because of gambling.

It is true that the main thing that must be done is to find and identify the root of the problem and it seems that my prediction is that the child seems to have chosen the wrong association or it could also be that he has previously found some online gambling promotions on one of the social media where he spends his free time which is possible for him to feel curious about something that is promoted as some stremers do with the aim of finding many people to get involved in gambling sites that are promoted with the lure of getting big wins.

Yes, if only they see the struggle of a father who tries hard to work and earn money to feed him, clothes and other needs along with paying for everyone in his family then his heart should be moved to realize that what he is doing is very wrong as ungrateful and does not appreciate the hard work that has been done by a father, but it is also unlikely that they can really be moved.

The child is probably looking for attention and through gambling, he found the comfort and attention that he is looking for. Some say that the child needs more discipline, but the way I see it, that child only needs more attention from his family. He got to the point that he needed to steal money for gambling because he might feel alone, I don't know the whole story of the family but if he ends up gambling and stealing money at a very young age, it might be better if the wife of that man gives more attention from now on to this kid.

They should take action instead of talking to other people about the condition of their child. Help the kid to overcome this addiction and provide more attention than they are giving right now. Nothing will happen if they only think of the problem without solving it. It's still early to think that the child's future is not light as he has known gambling at an early age.

that is why some people always Lament that we don't need to borrow money from gambling and the our children who is not up to 20 years is not supposed to be a part of gambling meaning that they can be easily been addicted in gambling because they don't know the power of gambling and also the disadvantages of gambling it is when they know they advantages and the disadvantages of gambling they will like to be exempted in gambling but when they don't know addicted in gambling and that is why some of our children or some people who is into gambling when the Lack money to gamble they involve is stealing so that is why it's not good for someone who is not up to age to involve itself in gambling

There is a term that is often called the domino effect of gambling addiction, where if this addiction is not cured immediately and does not receive proper treatment, loss after loss will continue to approach it. and the losses I mean are not only financial but also other losses that can affect the balance of life, behavior and harmony of a relationship.

The story about a teenager who had the heart to steal his parents' hard-earned money to gamble, this shows how dangerous it is when someone is addicted to gambling. Therefore, it is quite important for us to always be able to control ourselves as best as possible when gambling, and to be able to avoid any factors that could enable us to become addicted to gambling. Because as long as we are still gambling, and often play and bet on it, the potential for us to become addicted to gambling will always be there. Gambling is indeed full of sensations, pleasure and unexpected surprises, but we need to understand that the risk of loss caused by irresponsible gambling is greater than we think.

This is a common story that happens for many fathers, mothers and families that have one addicted family member. It's sad that these addicted gamblers don't understand yet the hardship of life and all they do is about their vice to gamble from the money that they do not own. Soon, they're going to understand the importance of owning their own money and working hard for it and they can't just picked up on the trees or streets and that's why they will soon see the hardship of their parents when they have been stealing it to them for so very long.

An addicted gambler that don't have job will do everything in his capacity to sustain his addiction and if it takes them to steal from their parents that have been outside, on their offices or wherever they are to work their ass hard off, they'd do that without hesitation because what only matters to them is the money that they can gamble and for them to satisfy themselves. It's hard to change a person that's on this kind of state but time will come, they will realize and they will realize what they've done as they're not moving on with their lives.
I am not saying that all gamblers that are into this situation can't get up. I know that the majority of them will because I have seen a lot of success stories that were able to overcome this problem that they've faced.

The parents should not give up if they see that their child is now into the deep of gambling world. They need to find the reasons or causes why their kid is into this addictive activity. Because if they won't address the root cause, hard to keep him away from this activity especially if they are not always present in his everyday life.

I believe, if the child sees his parents' efforts, he may change his mind and motivates to alter his lifestyle for the better. Sometimes, it is the attention they seek why they are going into this path of seemingly ruining their life.

Sometimes it takes hard work and dedications to raise up a child, we all grow up and we know how we struggle true life and that makes us to be grounded due to what we allowed ourselves to pass through and the training we receive along the way up, this is why we can only blame ourselves as parents first before blaming the child, because training up a child sometimes goes beyond provisions and shelter, both father and mother need to be available in physical terms to give the child the early up bringing.
But parents of owner days chose to chase after the money and leaving they children to be trained and thought by a third party, which will definitely not be good for the child, if not how can a child who is not endurge in extravagant lifestyle have reason to steal, this is sad for the young child, at this stage, it hard to control the child since I believe that he may have passed the age.

Yes, it is clear that this is a very concerning situation experienced by his family, especially a father who has a big responsibility to meet all the needs of his family, which on the other hand turns out that they have a child who is involved in gambling, especially if their child has entered the addiction phase, which I think we already know about how chronic the interest of someone who is addicted to gambling is until they dare to steal money from a father's hard work.

On the other hand, I don't know the problem about why a child can get involved in gambling, but maybe one of the factors could be that the parents don't pay too much attention and supervise their children so that they are wrong in entering the environment and association where they have an environment that is quite active with gambling which in the end yes, of course, most likely they will definitely be influenced to then get involved and fall into addiction, and my hope is that these children can recover soon and think that gambling is an activity that is very dangerous and can harm everyone around it.

This is consider a big failure for the family if a child steals from his family just to sustain his addiction, as a parents you only want the best for the family for him to become a good citizen of the country, but if the child becomes a thief and addicted to gambling he will soon become a menace to the society and its only a matter fo time before he commits a bigger crime to sustain his addiction.

This should be stopped even to the point of forcibly getting into the child to the rehabilitation facility just to cure his addiction, or he will become a scourge to the society and tarnish the name of the family.

There must be a reason why that kid can gamble continuously. Even if the father knows that he gambles, he doesn't do anything about it but only talks about it and is sad. I believe you need to do something to help your kid because we all know that the kid won't help himself. It's important that you gather yourself into helping the person you love especially if it's your off spring. You need to understand that it's going to take you effort to help him but it should be done if you want the kid to grow into a fine adult. Letting him continue to steal from you and gamble wouldn't make him to a better person.

Maybe I was already addicted once but it wasn't a severe kind, so I wasn't able to steal from my family but I really have no plan. I'd rather steal from other people than stealing from my own family, we are not even rich so I'm kinda making the problem worst financially and I don't want them to feel that I'm abusing them. I know some people do that but I won't and I'm hoping it will not happen to me.

It does not change the whole person but gambling is clearly touching the boundaries to transform a person, agree that gambling does not require anyone to play with it, it is the consciousness of the user but after all, powerful fascination and curiosity is something many people cannot deny. And when those charms cannot be resisted, even the most normal person can become a thief, even with a complete education but falling into despair will defy everything. Therefore, before letting the line between good and bad people appear through the influence of gambling, parents should influence it with their own methods and attention.

Gambling is not so terrible, few people steal money to gamble, these are some rare cases, exceptions to the rules. And I don’t think that gambling can change people, if a person is a thief, then he will be a thief regardless of whether he gambles or not. Gambling is only dangerous for people who do not know when to stop, when the loss is quite high, but has not yet reached a critical state, when they should stop but continue to play.

Its a real issue, a tough one. Stories like this break my heart. Addiction is a powerful force, nobody's immune. It can make good people do terrible things, no doubt. Gambling itself isnt evil. Done responsibly, its entertainment, plain and simple. The best casinos in the world, they understand this. Its about knowing your limits, being smart... same principle applies to lots of things in life.

Families, we gotta talk to our kids honestly about this. Not scaremongering, but teaching them the facts - the good, the bad, the risks involved. Its about empowering them to make good choices, building that foundation of responsibility. Every day is a gamble in some ways. The trick is playing your hand the best you can. Lets not condemn something out of fear, lets teach people how to approach it with clear eyes, a level head. Thats how we win, not just at the tables, but at life.

Every parent has an important role in protecting their children from bad behavior, don't be too busy with work or anything else that makes us not pay attention to our children, I see that usually children who behave like that usually have problems with their parents who are divorced and always fighting so that there is no harmony in the house, which makes them lack attention and affection so that it is easier for them to associate with bad people such as gambling addicts so that they become addicted to gambling.

If a child commits a crime, no one can be blamed except their parents because they have an important role in their growth until they reach adulthood, because when they are adults they may already be able to determine the direction of their lives, but when they are growing up they experience family disharmony, which is very influential. so that it makes it easier for them to get along with anyone in a bad environment, I don't mean to say that gambling is bad either, it all depends on how a person controls himself when gambling, a child becoming a gambling addict is clearly very difficult to cure and parents have an important role also to help heal him so he doesn't commit criminal acts, let alone steal from other people's homes.

You can't beat your chest to say you would not steal from your family even if you are addicted, of course that is what makes you an addict. An addict does things that they wouldn't do ordinary if they were not acting on any impulse. So if you are not addicted, you may quite well control yourself but not when you are addicted. Many armed robbers wish to stop but because they have such addiction then it takes the grace and third party effort and influence to stop people who are addicted, nothing short of that because an addicttion can lead you into doing an act you won't do if you were not acting under that addiction.

Gambling didn't change people, but they already like that before they know gambling, gambling just make them able to show their true self. If someone dare to steal someone else money, it means even though they're already rich and afford to fulfill their lives, they will steal or take advantage in order to earn more money. Stealing isn't about small or big the amount, but it's because of personality.

When a parent know his son is a thief, there's no way except to teach him. If he's just a friend, he can cut him off.

I agree, that's a more appropriate words to use as people might mistakenly think that gambling is really the reason why some people destroy their lives. Gambling is fun, but the real problem is gambling addiction. Addicts have different effect especially to their family and personally I would never do that to steal from my family even if I get addicted in gambling as that's a big sin, you betrayed the trust of your father.  

It's the same as the education that parents give their children. If they educate their children well, maybe their children will also do something of good value, but outside relationships are also determining because real education is outside relationships. but even so, I think all parents must teach the best for their children, it is impossible for parents to teach their children negative things. I think that only exists in films, not in real life. because as you said, with negative things they can do it secretly without their children knowing, and vice versa, when children are familiar with the outside world they can clearly see what is good and bad so there is a possibility that they will also do it. bad things secretly without their parents knowing.
Not all fathers who like to gamble want their children to gamble too, that's impossible for sure. I think even though the father likes gambling and has a son, they certainly don't want their son to also like gambling because that's not a good goal in life. Parents certainly want the best for their children, whether it's work, attention or affection. Also I think if you really like gambling then don't let our children find out about it. If the child becomes addicted to gambling then I think his parents have failed in educating him.

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No money can satisfied him, everything is always ended hurting him self, deposit the money he already withdraw, raising his bet, and crazy things cannot be satisfied with the amount money he was winning.

The child environment will influence him, he may hang out with friends who also like to gamble. Parental control is needed but it comes back to whether the parents always monitor their child activities or not. Because if not, don't blame other people. Children are entrusted so that good and bad behavior reflects what parents teach them. Now that he is addicted to gambling, the solution to save him is to send the child to community service, to undergo rehabilitation. Parents also have the right to check everything they access using a cellphone, but parents responsibilities are different in each country, for example when they reach the age of 17 they have the freedom to work as they wish, a father job is only up to a certain limit like sending her to school and getting her married. If this has been fulfilled then there will no longer be any burden on parents' responsibilities towards their children.

OP your topic should be "How much gambling addiction..."
It is always sad to read stories like this. I ask myself whose fault is this, the parent's negligence or child delinquency?
Did the parents ignore the warning and notable early signs or were their kids smart enough to hide it?

The problem is so multifaceted that it calls for a reality check. It would be mind-blowing to check the statistics of underaged gamblers. Despite efforts from the government, their parents may have given up but there is always help. Religious leaders, elders, someone who the kid can listen to if they can't listen to their parents can speak to them. It helps.

If you are parent, do not assume that your kids can't become victims of this. Be involved in their lives and let them know it.

It's a bane for a family to have a child like this doing this to his family, it causes depression and worry for the parents, and they have to do something immediate and necessary to avoid the worst-case scenario and that is stealing from other people.

The family should at all times check their child's activities, and make sure that their children grow up to become a good child and useful citizens of their country, both the parents and the families have to protect the welfare of their children from gambling addiction.

Gambling addiction in children is serious and both the government and the family, have to address the issue the government can instruct the gambling platform not to accept minors and to remind their clients to gamble responsibly.

I don't think there is a fast rule about that. Children have a way to pick from what is happening around the house and so if the father or mother has a positive attitude and does a particular thing, the children at home follows that too likewise if they see the parents with bad attitude. Parents who are knowledgeable about this try as much as possible to showcase good attitude to the children or in the presense of the children while they could do other negative attitude slyly where the children won't observe that.

In other words, show a positive attitude to the children so that they won't be exposed to the societal ills on time or vices around their environment, they can learn and choose the way to behave and react or act when they are adults. Fathers who are gamblers always end up having sons who follow his way of life at least one of the sons because they see him gamble too.

It's sad to hear about the child's addiction to gambling that leads them to steal from their own family. It's important for parents to stay vigilant, take action and address the child's addiction before it escalates further. The family should support have an open communication and guide their child to help break free from their addiction and prevent further harm.

Yeah, it's a very hurtful movement for a father who knows about his children's bad addiction and Tells everyone about it, the father is so helpless that he only tells others and loses control of the son. This is a child who is addicted in such a way that he steals things from home without any fear, I saw much older people around 35 to 40 years person who also get the same addiction and they go to a stage where they no longer fulfill the basic needs of a family instead he sells the gold of his wife and loss it in gambling and then he divorces his wife. He was mentally disturbed when he was told that he had lost all his things. So the moral is to keep an eye on your child, your brother because addiction, is not limited to just younger age, and if you feel that he is engage in it on daily basis then admit him to any hospital so that maybe he will understand the effect of it and will come back to his daily routine.

So is this story about stealing, children and gambling or about stealing and children only? If we replace steal to gamble with steal to buy sweets, nothing will change. We will get same father who works hard and act of stealing by child to satisfy his desire. I remember we had similar topic here and the idea of it was the same. The real issue here is a child that does not have enough money for his own needs. I see simple solution here - make him earn money.

It is because incidents like that, the family of those that are addicted eventually can give their backs to them, as even if they deep down still love that person, the addicted is so dissociated with the world that they do not see how much damage they are doing to their family, so the family may be left with no other option but to distance themselves from their loved one, because they cannot really allow themselves to be robbed every single time their family member wants to gamble.

This act of children or gamblers as the case maybe stealing from parents who overworks their self just to keep the family going is becoming alarming.
Couple of months ago I raised this same related thread up about how a child stole his hardworking mother's money just to gamble What is your state on mind if your son stole your money to gamble?.

The emotional outbreaks is not acceptable at all. How would the parents keep having half sleeps in thinking about how it would better the family and working more than their strengths could bear just to make sure they make the kids feel bit comforted and striving on how they can attain better life of living in the nearest future while even when the parents financial portfolio does not seem likely to obtain those great dreams for the kids.

Only conscienceness gambler would desist from stealing to gamble not just from their parents but others too because if someone can steal from their parents to gamble then the child can also steal from other people with same reasons of gambling.

The first question that dropped in my mind after reading this disturbing story is has the father or any member of the family ever gambled and is this young boy aware of it? If the answer is no, then I feel very sorry for this helpless father. But if the father or any other relatives gambled, I would believe that they contributed to his son's gambling problems.

He should gamble if he doesn't have the means to finance his betting. Stealing to gamble is a sign that he is suffering from acute addiction and needs special attention immediately. The best option is for him to stop gambling until he can finance his gambling and able to control his behavior. The father should advise him about the consequences of his actions, and he could take him to a gambling therapist for counseling and medication.

What the father should do first is send the child to the correctional centre. To start with, he should be there for a little while until his brain is back to a little normal. They should also look for and plan for ways that they can use to get him a professional therapist to get him out of that addiction. 
 
Where the parent will make a mistake is if they treat this very lightly as a result of the boy being their child, because if they don't take action right now, it might escalate to where he will be stealing from people outside.
 
That's if he is not already doing that, and when caught, he won't be shown mercy the way the parents do, and the blame won't only be on him but will also escalate to the parent for not giving him a proper way to go.

This is such a sad incident that may happens to a family. first of all, how old is his son? This is where we can see how parents discipline their children, I don't blame the parents for why their child reached the point where the child became like that, but if their child is not of legal age, they can discipline him while he is young yet, but if he is already of legal age, it's not their fault that their son did such a thing, it's just sad because based on your story, it seems like the father has nothing else to do about the evil that his son is doing, he has already robbed them, and maybe because of his addiction to gambling, he will commit a more serious sin so maybe he should talk to him, parents also have the right to scold or reprimand their child even if he is old.

Sad that there's incident like this happening in the family and this means that child doesn't get any proper guidance since he manage to steal some money from his parent. If his mother can able to look up his child and see what activities he or she's engaging on for sure he can do some action to make his child avoid such risky activities.

Their children need a good advice on this since if they let those stealing and gambling still happening for sure they can expect that more worse case scenario will happen.

If they don't want their child to became a criminal when they grow up then as early as they can they should discipline them. There are so many ways on how they can do that and they just need to cooperate with their partners also with other people who can help them in this case.

Gambling is not made for weak personality people who get easily triggered either by their wins or their losses, they get easily influenced and they take decisions impulsively based on moments of rage of desperation, they get addicted to Gambling because they can't control their behaviours.

The story you just told us is very unfortunate because it is difficult to deal with a child who is addicted and on top of that a child who steals money from his parent who works hard to assure a living for him. I'd like to know how old this child is because we can understand better if we know how old he is. Let's say the child is a teenager, in this case we might blame the parents for not supervising their child's behaviour and activities, for letting him drown in such toxic environment and catching those bad habits like stealing money.
But If their child is an adult old enough to know what is bad and what is good, then in this case it is even more sad because as an adult you should already be aware that your parents worked hard day and night for you to live good and to provide your needs, in that age you should try to pay back their efforts and hard work instead of stealing their money.

Stories like that should be taken as an example of how bad can gambling be if it is taken more seriously than it should be taken as just a fun activity where you should spend wise and never spend more than you can afford losing. Following this case, parents should be more aware of their kids activities and should keep an eye on them teaching them the right habits to catch.

Since the father knows his son steals from him when he keeps money at home, and the fact that he's addicted to this gaming stuff shows that there's more to having him repented and stop the stealing habit. I think the best thing is to cut his supply of funds first which is directly affecting the father financially and emotionally.

The father should form the habit of keeping the excesses of his money in the bank and not in the house, give him strict instruction never to leave the house without proper reason and monitor the child closely to  ensure compliance. He's still a child and can be reshaped to be a better person. I still recommend the child getting some kind of busy, I mean if he's idle and just staying at home gambling, he can be hooked up to learning a trade or skill. His master should also be properly intimated on his habit so he keeps a close eye on him and not fall a victim. Idleness makes people vulnerable to negative influences and I believe if he's busy, his mind can be occupied with new activities and help with his addiction.

One thing about gambling addiction it is different from every other kind of addiction. When the person who is addicted to gambling haven't seen  gambling as a problem and not willing to stop gambling it is difficult to get rid of addiction.  Since the boy is already addicted if he is not willing to come out from his problems I don't think his family will be able to do something about it. Even if the family tries their best to stop him from gambling addiction,  if he is not willing to change and if he gets the opportunity to play gambling he will definitely go back to his addiction.

When one is addicted to gambling and willing to overcome addiction,  the best way to win addiction is to totally stop playing gambling, doing this it will be very easy but when one keeps playing it is possible for one to even get more addicted and this makes everything difficult and one will continue to suffer being addicted.

Your post suggest that this is a case of under-age gambling which is highly discouraged. All casinos forbid children from using their platform for reasons such as you have highlighted in this post which is stealing to gamble. Children can easily exhibit bad gambling characters such as gambling addiction that can make them misbehave. I really feel disgusted whenever I read or hear about somebody stealing to gamble. One of the important things I learnt is to gamble with only money I can afford to lose.

This incidence further stresses the need to keep gambling away from children because it impact them negatively. Some parents are not able to completely shield their children from gambling due to the environment they find themselves while some parents are extremely careless about it. The parents can do more to protect children from gambling.

Mindset is the main thing in this case, the child of a father no longer enjoys gambling and has become a problem gambler. I've heard many stories that are sadder than yours, even more sadistic.

In the area where I live, there's a mother who is willing to offer her kidney using a banner that she puts on her body. Her son was addicted to gambling and had debts worth tens of thousands dollars, the mother went to offer his kidney to anyone who wanted to buy it.

In another case, there was a child who killed his parents because his parents refused to give him money to gamble. Really, I think those people are no longer a human. Gambling is for entertainment, don't make it as a living.

current development of advanced technology has many benefits but also excludes a small number of bad impacts such as underage young people who easily access online gambling without their parents knowing and this does not only happen to a few people, in fact I have neighbors who have children and made an attempt to steal his parents' money just to gamble.

maybe I will tell the story of my neighbor whose money has often been stolen by his son and it is very sad to hear this story, it is very surprising for his son who looks innocent and doesn't talk much but is addicted to gambling but his parents still defend him if he doesn't gamble.
Initially my neighbor had a business selling food and every night his son always came with the excuse of helping sell his wares but at every closing hour the money he made that day always disappeared several dollars and this had been happening for more than 1 year and my neighbor had told me that the money was lost due to mystical interference but I responded that it was not mystical interference but someone took the money.

one day I felt curious and tried to come to the business place after that I ordered food and tried to sit at a table that was not visible and the child came and took some money and put it in a bag and after that I told the parents that the child had stolen the money but the parents defended their innocent child without saying much and in fact I was seen as accusing their child of stealing.
one day I saw the child alone in the park playing slot games and at that time I called his parents to see what the child was doing and the parents realized that it was true that for more than 1 year the money that had been missing was the child who was the perpetrator of the theft that money.

from this we can conclude that in this era of technological development how important it is as parents to always provide education regarding the negative impacts related to underage gambling and as parents we have the right to always check search history or whatever to check whether our children are accessing something that beyond the limit of minors.
Incidents like this can be a slap in the face for parents everywhere to always supervise our children to avoid gambling addiction like this.

In fact you can call it the social negative effect of gambling especially when the older members of the society participate in gambling in front of the children then the children become gamblers themselves after seeing the gambling addiction of the adults. In fact I would consider it a common form of gambling horror. And we are mainly responsible for creating this situation, especially if the guardians had not participated in gambling in front of the children, then maybe the children would not have been involved in such activities.
When a child becomes a gambler, it is natural for him to do such activities because he finds no other way to manage his gambling money than by stealing money from his father's pocket. Moreover, gradually the child will not hesitate to commit more heinous acts because gradually he will become so horrible and reckless that he will not hesitate to participate in even heinous acts like kidnapping.

Basically those who are always engaged in gambling are addicts, a gambling addict can never bring good to the family and is a curse to the society. So every father should be aware that his son does not indulge in any bad chatter, especially those who are addicted to such gambling in the student age are mainly involved in gambling by stealing parents' money. And today he is gambling with money from his parents, tomorrow he may try to steal somewhere else. So from the beginning, boys should be disciplined so that they do not indulge in gambling or vices.

There is a lot of Anaphora in your post but from the story you shared above is really a sad one because it only takes one to become a father to know the pains parents go through to make sure that their children are taken care of but it's so sad for a child to steal his father's money even if the child uses the money for other things other than gambling it is still a very bad habit because someday that child may steal from an outsider and get apprehended and possibly get punished.

Stealing parents hard earn money to play gamble is a clear case of wickedness and shouldn't be condoned and the father knowing too well that the child steals his money to gamble, what proactive measure has he taken to put a stop and repetition of his child always stealing his money even when he is aware of this bad habit of his son because keeping quiet and telling other people will not solve the problem but for him to take action now if not that child will grow up and become a nuisance to the society.

A boy in my hood also thought he was doing his father a favor, they are poor and he wasn't happy with the situation, he decided to steal from his father and go big into gambling, he got served a few days later, and the loss was big, his father broke down and nearly collapsed because that's all they had left.

People around, including myself couldn't keep looking as the father broke down, the next day we contributed some money and gave it back to the father, but I called the boy closer and told him some truth about gambling, since that time he changed.

He claimed he never wanted to do it, but the situation made him to, and he has some classmates in school who have won a good amount of money in gambling, he claimed he never joined them once, but his father and family situation is making him very sad.

OP I hope this isn't the situation going on in that family as we speak. Just because the guy stole from his father doesn't mean he is bad or a thief to be, he might have his reasons, I smell bad father and son relationship going on, if not the father should be able to handle this without telling anyone from the outside.

These situations are indeed reality on which there's no way that you could really be able to stop these things and does really happen on some families about one of those members becomes a gambling addict. This is why good parenting would really be always significant or something that would really be important. This is why as a parent then you should really be making yourself that having
that good parenting will really be needing specially if you do have one. You are the ones who would really be preaching out those good deeds and whats wrong and whats good.
It would really be always that relevant and something important because if you cant really be able to do such thing then you are just basically putting your children
into the wrong path. It would be always that important on having that proper guidance that came from us parents and would really be that teaching on whats good and whats
bad and this is really indeed the responsibility that we do need to make.

Actually sometimes, guiding a child not to get into gambling den isn't as easy as you may want to think it to be but then we can make our little efforts to stop them and if they stop we be glad but when it goes beyond our control we may just have to let them be because we can do almost not really much stopping them from been able to gamble but then if we find them gambling, telling others around wouldn't actually do much for us as it may not really help stopping the child from gambling so most times it's better we try to help them than telling others about their habits.

As a gambler i know that it's really difficult dealing with gambling addiction and such persons who are going through such needs to be carefully followed in other for them to stop or change their habit as if you try to force them otherwise they may end up not been able to quit gambling sooner enough.

That is gambling for greedy people. It will let the family not to have trust on the gambler as he is stealing his father money to gamble. It would be good to advice the child and let him know that gambling will not just do him good if he is greedy with it and just want to win at all cost thinking gambling can bring him money. People that think like this in the past are not having good testimony about gambling. If you are not able to be using the money that you can afford to lose to gamble, then do not gamble at all.

I have stole money from my mother's wardrobe when I was young, just to spend on useless things at the time, I was young and I dont really know if what I am about to do will have some big consequences later, I just did them all.

After s while it get to a point where my father and mother got really sad and that was the first time I saw my father shed tears because of my behaviour and it really got me good.

I thought to myself that definitely, what I had been doing was very wrong, and I needed to stop, then I turned a new leave, children are different from one another, I was dumb and didn't have a lot going on in my head, nothing seems too wrong to me.

Until I started to grow and can tell the difference from good and bad, I made it up to my parent, I proof to them that I am no more that stubborn child who they thought I was, my advice for this family is that the father needs to hit the child where it hurts the most.

I am not saying he should beat up the child, I am saying he needs to find a way to talk some senses into the child, if the child is a stubborn one who doesn't listen, the father should pretend to be in his shoe and probably stay around the child even when he want to gamble.

By doing so he will be able to break down the wall between them, and make him realize that gambling is not for everyone.

It's heart breaking to see that a child to whom you strive to give the very best as a parent is rather becoming an inimical to your strife for him for a better living due to some addiction problem he has gotten himself into. From afar of  the pains can only be imagined in such scenario as I read the Op.

What the father need to do to stop him from seeing money to steal from him is that he should not be leaving his money in the house, if he's a holder of a bank account he should leave his money there only to withdraw the amount he needs for use instead of extra themat his addictive son could have to steal from.

The dangerous side with such addicts that steal from their home to use for gamble is that when they see no more money to steal they stealthily start selling off valuable properties in the home to get money for gamble. As parents we should be very observant at our children and certain new behaviours we see alien of them, if we are able to observe from the very beginning we can save them before they go worsen.

Gambling can make you bad person and bring your worst attitude, and that's the worst case scenario when you fall into gambling's trap.

I'm pretty sure we don't want this to happen to us so while you are still in control, better to have your strategy ready and be more responsible before its too late.

Gambling is very risky, one should not fully depend on this because winning is not guaranteed after all. Always set your limit, gambling is not good when you are too emotional.

 For me the moment you notice the person doesn't stop even after losing all he initially set out to use for gambling and may want to use more, that's when he should have been monitored because the thing with these addictions is that they start small; always needing to chase after your losses with the hope that the next one will be the good one and when it's not, you get crappy but that still won't be enough incentive for you to stop, rather it's what drives you to stake and when you don't have the financial backing to do as your mind tells you, you become desperate and any plan to get money seems like a good idea.
 When most gamblers have this thought at the backs of their minds "gamble responsibily , I think it would eliminate the need to become victims of what the op is trying to talk about.

Don't gamble if you can't afford it which includes getting financial support from your family members unless you belong to elite class family. Stealing is crime no matter what so the person who committed should be charged with whatever penalty in that jurisdiction and if that person is underage then they might be asked to do social activities and undergo reality check knowledge to understand the reality.

Not every kid belong to poor family is not irresponsible but there are certain kids who surround themselves into wrong people and starts involving in crimes.

He is obviously aware of what is happening depending on your story. The question is, did he make a move to stop this from happening over and over again?

I am a father of two kids and I am thankful they are not yet in gambling. Kids these days are very good with technology I know someday it might happen that's why I keep track of what they are doing with their phones. When they are asleep, I check it every day and I am glad all the history and subscriptions are all for kids.
Also, I made sure that they were disciplined to ask for money and not just take it from me without my permission. That's where everything will start if we keep them on a right path because someday they will grow and carry all those they learned from us.

Believe me, if this child is already at this level of addiction and if it continues, then expect that he could do a higher level of crime. Imagine he can't fight the urge to gamble even without any money, which would result in him stealing from his parents without a second thought. Then his condition is already not good, and if it continues, he might not be able to change or control himself anymore. If the parents can't really control their child who was exposed to and got addicted to gambling at such an age, then they need help from rehabilitation or welfarewho was exposed to and got addicted to gambling at such an age, then they need help from rehabilitation or welfare that will educate and help their child. 

Truly, an addiction can change people—any people! That person could do anything that is out of his character and might commit crimes just to satisfy his addiction; any addiction, not just gambling, is very bad. I don't want to blame the parents, but it's their responsibility to keep in touch and in check with their child in order to know and monitor what's up to now and to be able to guide them.

This is outrageous,and not appalling I wonder how some parents expose their children to such experience.
Firstly I'll blame the said parents because this is the stage where the mastermind or controls their children decision making process but they are just clumsy and relaxed about it.and this is because some parents are seen by their children gambling that's why they are involved in it too and they the parents have nothing to do cause they're into it as well

Another thing is gambling from an early stage is more like a disease that grows in you for a while and then it ruse up to a stage it can't be treated and that's addiction.
We all need to watch our teenage children and how we expose our gambling habits to their face cause they learn from what they see.

It seems like I can feel the weight and brokenness of the father as I read your story. I think it's not too late for their child to recover from gambling addiction and rebuild their lives. I'm thinking, are they a family-oriented bunch? If not, perhaps they lack open communication and spend quality time together, which could lead the child to unhealthy habits. If the father needs guidance or assistance, they could consider seeking help from rehab to support them through counseling. Sometimes, they don't choose to become addicted, but they can choose to get help.

I guess, it's a matter of disciplining the child that leads you to this kind of thing, tolerating it the for the first time is understandable but not doing anything to deal with it the second time this happens, it's going to be a big problem now. Either something needs to be done or just continue tolerating the behavior, I think that in this case, it's acceptable to do some form of punishment to the kid because this isn't just any misdemeanor, this is a blatant crime already and if that kid can do it to his own family, imagine the things that he can do to other people just to satisfy that addiction. If you were to do the disciplining and punishing part though, you need to be ready about the high chance that the kid will resent you for what you're doing to him and either you fold on it or you carry on and do it for his sake because as the saying goes here in my country, it's better to cut the devil's horn while it's still short and soft.

It's really sad to hear the stories of parents whose children are addicted to gambling, which makes it even more difficult for the parents because they have to bear the burden that their children suffer as a result of gambling addiction. Indeed, the effects of addiction can have a bad impact on a person's life if they have fallen into it because it is quite difficult to overcome. The only way to stop is not to give him access to continue gambling when his child has no more money. My advice as a parent is that we must be able to be firm if we child has exceeded such limits. If you can't be firm, the child will continue to do things that are detrimental family.

A gambler becomes so addicted that he decides to steal from his home. Although this matter is very difficult for that family but I want to share here with everyone that I heard from a father tomorrow about his child. How sad is that father who earns hard all day and takes money for his children just to keep them well. But when a child becomes most addicted to gambling, he steals his father's hard earned money and starts gambling in his own home. I heard this story from a father yesterday that his son steals money from home if he is not at home then whatever plan he makes steals his money and takes it to gamble it is a very sad story.  How sad it is that the father is telling people about his child's gambling with such sadness. So baboon how much the person has become addicted to gambling that he steals money from his family and gambles and loses. I only shared this incident here because a family must be most aware of their child or else they will surely become addicted to gambling like this person. Every family has a responsibility to keep their children well, so everyone must always attract your children to the good side so that they don't get into gambling dens.