Topic: I think gambling is inbuilt, kids don't learn it anywhere, they do it! - page 2. (Read 1621 times)

Gambling ads contribute to the dissemination of gambling in the society. Yet most people still don't venture into gambling after seeing those ads, because of their personal beliefs and understanding of gambling. The habit has bad publicity in society. So, we don't expect everybody to become gamblers. Another catalyst of gambling is the peers around the nongambler. People need to make money, and when they hear their friends talking about winning big through gambling they'll want to give it a try. Thereby, participating in a habit they don't have a prior understanding about. How easy does it seem to forget about gambling? Even when the player isn't with gamblers, he'll have his phone with him, nothing can stop him, other than his willpower. The bad publicity circulating in society regarding the disadvantages of gambling may have gotten to the ears of kids growing up. Which will lead them to ask or think about what gambling is about. Once they figure out it fetches money, they'll tend to try it while in an argument.

However, if addiction is hereditary, then the context of my thread is quite on point, as I don't understand how kids get to participate in gambling; locally. Who teaches them or do they learn from friends in school, can't explain. But, it'll leave me wondering how gambling habit is built. Lots of kids in a neighborhood where gamblers dwell must have had a relative who participates in gambling. That doesn't mean the child becomes a gambler, but there is a high possibility that the child, growing up will gamble one time in his life. So, those media advertisements can be secondary, word of mouth is the biggest form of advertisement. Especially in gambling, with addicted people getting in trouble every day. Parents will warn kids not to gamble. Remember that advice these days has different functions, it could help or destroy the person. If the child wants to know why his parents warn him against gambling, he'll gamble.

I highly agree, engaging in gambling can be influenced by people around the person.  If a person see other people having fun while playing in gambling, that person might be tempted to join these people and eventually engage in gambling like others do.  But @OP is also correct that gambling is inbuilt in  people.  Even without being influenced by others, there are moment where a person bet with his friend about something.  We do not need to go to gambling platform like casino to execute gambling activities.  A simple friendly bet is already a gambling activity.

Yes, that's right, if we are in an environment that likes to play gambling on a daily basis, then we will most likely do the same thing. This is done because in this environment so that we can easily communicate and chat with them, we also have to follow their habits.

But not for people who have a strong stand or life principle, they will never be easily influenced by the outside environment and they always have other ways to get along with their environment without having to participate in gambling.

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But life now is not like years back, at this time people prefer to chat through cyberspace. Even not a few people, to spend their free time just playing on social media. So to some extent, this gambling advertisement greatly influences someone to plunge into the world of gambling.

Of course a gambler's company plays an important role to make new gamblers. If someone has gambler friends in his environment then he will definitely become a gambler. Some may take more time and some may take less. But in most cases he will become a gambler. If a gambler wants to escape from gambling, he cannot withdraw from that environment. I have found that it is easy for gamblers to quit gambling if they can forget about it, but when close friends in one's environment are in constant contact with the gamblers, it is never possible to quit gambling. I agree that gambling advertising works far more than contacting gambling friends.

Explore how gambling attracts youth is intriguing. Your response shows a shift in mindset: younger generations prefer rapid financial benefits from gambling or cryptocurrencies. This raises the question: is this risk-return obsession new or a timeless human tendency worsened by technology? Parental influence on children's gambling is substantial. Gambling teaches parents and children risk-taking. The problem is how to teach kids to discriminate between healthy ambition and reckless speculation in a financial success-driven world.

Understanding gambling addiction psychology is crucial. Complex risk-reward-brain connection. We should encourage calculated risks and informed choices. Shouldn't we reassess our values and education to address these issues?

Yes, it all depends on the home environment and where he plays with his friends, especially if children have friends who often do things that children their age usually do. That will make other children influenced by what they do so that it will attract other children to follow suit. This influence from their friends can make other children feel curious and end up trying to do it too. If they end up learning about gambling through socializing with friends, there is a chance they will hide it from their parents and other adults. And if it is not discovered until the children are adults, it can be even more dangerous because they can become addicted gamblers.

In my opinion, gambling depends on the home environment and the environment where he plays with his friends, because if the environment and friends are good then his brain will definitely avoid gambling. However, if the place where you live and the environment is bad, many people gamble, then indirectly, if they have a track record, the people around them will also do the same. Not because of gambling advertisements scattered in the media, because if it happened because of gambling advertisements in the media the whole world would definitely gamble.

No, even if it's just for fun your kid should be of legal age to try it. Only adults can gamble for the entertainment purposes and never become addicted. It's very hard for children.


That's why education plays a big part. Even if your kid is on his own and no one is monitoring him, he's doing the right things when he's educated properly. Make your kid watch good movies and read good books, he'll take that from there.

The gambling industry was build with the younger generation,because now the generation was changed.Now the younger generation was attractive towards the money,it was the reason for the boom in the crypto currency market.The gambling also feed with the huge younger generation by inspiring the old people in their family or by the parents influence to the gambling.If the gambler parent was playing in front of the kids,they easily get tempt to play the gambling in the future.

The gambling also had some negative impact of loss due to the random bet,the kids should ready to play the gambling game by the parents influence most of the time compared to their friends influence.

If you want to take self control or patience and other such emotional controlled techniques then there are other platforms where they can learn these things and not necessary the gambling.

I am still not recommending that parents start to encourage children to gamble only in order so that they can have a self control and things like that, I think it will have a bad impact on kids ,they will be feeling to get easy money from gambling and will not be focused on thier studies.

I understand your support for controlled, educational gambling for kids. Very intriguing angle. All parents want their kids to develop critical thinking, risk assessment, and self-control, right? These life skills are essential. Wait, is gambling the right medium for these lessons? That's part of our culture and often considered harmless fun. It's meant for adults and has risks youngsters may not understand. Fun gambling as an instructional tool seems novel, but isn't it like playing with fire? Could we normalize gambling while demystifying it, blurring the distinctions between innocent fun and addiction? Is there a safer, more age-appropriate way to teach kids about life's uncertainties? Board games teach probability and decision-making without the ethical and financial risks of gambling. When we introduce gambling in a fun, regulated way, are we downplaying its risks? Educating kids about gambling's role in society is crucial. Maybe this teaching should emphasize risk awareness and understanding rather than direct interaction. Shouldn't our main goal be to provide a safe, caring environment where they may learn life's intricacies, including gambling, from afar?

As vulgar as your words may be, I do agree with that statement if there's no one that's going to teach them about stuff that they're going to discover anyway then they will be doing it wrong when they finally discover it because they didn't have any guide because they weren't introduced to that stuff. With gambling, we could probably help children or young adults prevent becoming uncontrollable gamblers or individuals that will eventually become adults that's going to have their life ruined because they are addicted to gambling, I think that in any situation, a guidance or introduction to something that if done wrongfully is always a big help. 

Yes, the main role in children development is people and it is very important for every parent to always keep their children away from activities such as gambling in any form.
They must also provide lessons about the pros and cons of each activity that adults often do so that in the future, as time goes by, children can understand and choose which one is best for them.

Of course, if it just for fun it not problem, but in my opinion it not all about age because when children reach adulthood, they don't necessarily have truly mature attitude and can be responsible for everything they do.
Maturity, good thinking and responsible attitude can never be limited by age because the mindset of every person or teenager is different.

So classifying certain groups for children social interactions is very important so that they can be more protected from all the bad activities that adults usually do, such as gambling, drinking and smoking.
But is everything easy? The answer is no because nowadays there is lot of promiscuity and there is no age limit and everyone becomes one, they do whatever they like and are free from parental monitoring.

Yes, children are influenced by their environment, including gambling. However, is complete protection the answer? Perhaps not. Lets introduce kids to gambling in a fun, controlled way. This method deconstructs gambling, preventing it from becoming a "forbidden fruit" that tempts curiosity and rebellion. By introducing the concept positively, we educate critical thinking, risk assessment, and self-control. These teachings are useful for gambling and life's uncertainty. This exposure also promotes a healthy, respectable view of gambling as entertainment rather than a last resort. Its about educating kids about gambling's proper place in life, not protecting them from it.

It's like how can a boy fuck a girl when no one teach him? there's must be a reason from this. Similar like gambling, no one might teach him, but his curiosity can make him find out what is gambling using his cell phone.

To completely avoid to gamble will works if you live in North Korea where they're very strict in real life and virtual life, they've restrict a lot websites.

They don't learn it but subconsciously they look around them, usually children are curious because the people around them encourage them to want to find out more about what the people around them are playing, for example gambling, that's why It is very important to keep the child's environment positive. As long as he is still in a negative environment, of course it will be difficult to stop him from learning about gambling.

There are many things that a child often sees, they don't have to see a casino or people gambling, they only have to understand how the people around them are doing their activities indirectly, the point is that as long as they have a very positive environment, ofa course a child will not try to find out more. about gambling.

      -  I don't know if I understand this correctly. Is gambling addiction hereditary? Maybe when we teach, right? But if we do not teach anything, it is not inherited. But I believe that due to curiosity, even if the individual does not like gambling, he will know it when there is a way to find out something.

So, as long as gambling or any casino does not enter the mind of a child or he has curiosity, it is for sure that he will not have the opportunity to learn about gambling when the time comes.

I'd say, it is almost like that. That's why gambling addiction is so hard to cure. During many million years of evolution those who are not afraid to take risks survived.  Now, we have many inherited traits that we have to suppress nowadays? and gambling is one of them. We still can do it for fun, but we don't need to do it for our survival.  

This is the responsibility of the father, we shouldn't make our underage children to have access to gambling platforms that will make them become addicted to gambling. As an underage user, they don't know how to protect their self against addiction and that's why it's not wise for we to expose them to gambling at a very early age. Kids don't have things inbuilt that aren't talent, they learn most of the things they get to know as adults therefore we can stop them from learning how to gamble.

Kids don't only learn from their father and mother, they also learn from their relatives and the society therefore we should be concerned about what our kids get exposed to when we're not around. The world is getting bad and many individual aren't careful of things they do around kids that's why you can have kids and they have characters that you can't recognize where they got it from because no body in the family has it but they didn't learn it from the family but outsiders.

Yes, it is the duty of every parent to be able to supervise their children well, especially nowadays, where technological advances are very fast and children can use their devices easily because of the availability of the internet in many places, allowing them to access sites that are actually not appropriate for them to see. They access these sites because they are curious and want to know. Some even immediately register themselves because their curiosity is high. These children must be guided so that they do not take the wrong path, especially as we have seen many examples of cases of internet abuse by children, which will cause problems for children their age. Every parent certainly does not want to see their children experiencing serious problems such as addiction, so parents must always supervise and take an approach so that they can be closer to their children. And before it's too late, parents should start now because if it's too late, it will be very difficult to return their children's lives to the way they were before, even though they can still make their children aware so they don't do things like that again.

The devices used by their children must be supervised better so that parents know that their children are using devices such as phones, tablets or even laptops properly and not accessing things that could cause problems. If parental guidance is correct and children have been given an understanding of good and bad things, their children will not want to try to do things that could have a bad impact on their lives. They will avoid them, especially if there are friends around his friends who want to invite him to do things that could cause problems for them. These children will always be careful in their relationships. They will not choose their friends carelessly because they know that if they make the wrong connections, they will get into trouble, which will make it difficult for their parents to deal with the problem. If their children have problems, their parents will be responsible for dealing with the problems caused by their children. Therefore, the task of parents in this day and age may be more difficult than the task of parents in previous times, where technology has yet to develop much. In the future, parents at that time will also encounter different difficulties and we can only advise our children now so they can live well so that they can later advise their children too like what we have done for them.