Topic: Indirect victims of gambling addiction - page 3. (Read 1257 times)

Discussing gambling with children is important but changes nothing. Most of the people gambling today were told about gambling dangers but that didn’t hinder them from gambling. A child will decide what he wants for himself when he gets to adulthood. There are so many things my parents instructed me not to do but as I grew up I am doing some of them because it is in my interest to do them. Even the ones I don’t do is not because of parental advice but because within me I don’t fancy doing it.

Well, we shouldn’t rule out the role of advice in a child. I think the reason why children should be told about gambling earlier is to enable them to avoid underage gambling. When a child gambles so early in life, he can easily get addicted and then create a plethora of problems for himself, friends and even family.

Teaching our kids about the real world, including gambling, is essential. No nonsense - just be honest and engaged. I completely agree with your point about the importance of a good teacher-student relationship. This is essential in informal education contexts like the home. Unfortunately, too many parents fail. They either scare their kids away or dont discus life skills like gambling. This is a tremendous error!

We must start with open dialogue. Parents and mentors must improve, participate without intimidation, and become trusted advisors kids need. Every element of life requires informed judgements, not just gambling. Without adequate education, our kids will cause major problems. We must provide them the knowledge and critical thinking abilities to handle life's challenges, including gambling. Simple: Inform, educate, and be a role model.

What you say is also true, that it could be that people who are addicted to gambling are very obsessed with something which can influence their brain's thinking about how to do it, especially in gambling, many people are obsessed with just winning, so they will do anything for the sake of it. That. chase that victory.


Of course, parents have a very big responsibility towards their children and parents must also set a good example so that in the future they can become good mentors and can be imitated by their children well in the future. Indeed, teaching or providing understanding to children must be appropriate to the child's age. If children are still teenagers, then this period is very vulnerable in understanding various things, both positive and negative, and this is the beginning of a big responsibility for parents towards their children, because adolescence is a very vulnerable age and when they are adults. , it is likely that children will begin to understand and understand what is good or bad for their future life.

It wont be discussed not until that there would really be those kind of expression of feelings on which we know that it would really be usually be seen only if there would really be having complaints or having those confrontations on which this is really that less likely to happen. This is why they would really be just that ignored and if this one happens inside the family then it would be normal that those
issues cant go out or wouldnt be known considering that this is some sort of family problem then it should really be solved out by the family itself. It is really just that sad that people who are mainly
been that affected isnt just only the addict itself but also to the people around who do love him/her.

This is why as an individual who do really tend to engage with gambling then it would really be that wise that you should really be wary with your actions if you dont like to
mess up your life and would be affecting those people around you specially our loved ones.

The suffering of gamblers' relatives is a difficult topic that often goes unnoticed. Relatives often experience anxiety, fear and disappointment when they see their loved ones getting lost in the world of excitement.
However, the family plays a key role in supporting the addicted gambler. It is important to listen and understand the causes of his problem, discuss possible steps to recovery and provide emotional support. Specialist help, family therapy, and support for social groups can also be helpful. It is important to remember that family support and understanding can be the basis for successfully overcoming gambling addiction.

Informal education facilitates fast learning, as it's known, everyone is a teacher, but learning swiftly requires a good tutor, one that can interact with his students, ward, acquittances, etc., with no signs of scaring them away. Family is an excellent place for informal education, but most parents scare their kids away. That's not helpful in teaching a child. As a kid, I enjoyed learning from people I love, regardless of if it's a family member of a formal teacher. In any learning process, the teacher and the student must be in a quality relationship. Gambling is a broad topic and needs to be thought often to growing kids who are developing interest in the game. It's not wrong, provided they are up to the required age for gambling in their country.

When a child is not informed about the necessity in gambling, he would find himself in a tough situation, during his gambling days. Some parents don't ask their kids questions on gambling. Hence, lots of growing kids who may have been exposed to gambling, don't receive adequate counselling on such mistake. When they grow up, they'll likely become gamblers. Building a strong, quality relationship with the growing child, dissolves his hearths and lets him open up on everything he knows on the subject. Because he wouldn't mind, since the teacher is a close friend.

Because in fact there are more bad sides than positive sides, you should be able to judge for yourself how gambling is played by irresponsible people, causing addiction and ultimately harming their families and the families have to bear the burden of the addict themselves. While the positive side or people who true success in gambling can be counted on the fingers of one's fingers, while there are more people who feel disadvantaged, so it's natural that more people talk about the bad side of gambling than the good side of gambling, because if lots of people talk about the good side of gambling, it will lead to more people being trapped. who gamble and not everyone is able to control themselves when they start playing, especially if they don't have any experience.

Indeed, there is still a positive side to gambling if they are able to really take advantage of it, such as using their winnings to build a business or buy a vehicle and use it for work, but if they use their winnings just to have fun, of course that is not a positive side. But unfortunately not many people are truly lucky in gambling, most of them experience losses. Some go bankrupt and don't have anything and there are also those who borrow millions just because they are too caught up in losing and in the end they become homeless and unable to pay back the money.

The possibility is like that, immature children they tend to be easily influenced by things that look fun, especially with gambling where gambling is a game. And it's true what you said that they don't know and can't determine which things are right and wrong, they will do unexpected things even by seeing other people they can imitate them. For children of their age who are not old enough, of course they are not or not the time to think about making money, because with their young age they are in the play phase. It's a big problem if they are already gambling when they are not old enough, in my opinion they will be addicted and may continue for a long time into their future.
I agree with you about the education that must be done by parents. And indeed education is not only in school, of course in the outside world they can also take lessons. By educating them properly it can help them in reaching a good future because of course if they are addicted to gambling it will destroy them themselves and can reach others.

Parents must take care of the child until the child reaches adulthood. Otherwise the child may go astray. Moreover, a underage child does not know which is the right way for him. He has to be taught and if there are any mistakes it is the responsibility of the parents to convey those mistakes. Of course, they should be maintained according to their age. If children are interested in gambling, they should be made aware from the beginning that it is not a way to make money. This is risky work. When a gambler can get an idea about risk and investment from his family, he can definitely make better decisions about gambling matters. That is why family education is of course very important. It may not work directly but may be a good solution for indirect damage.

I can relate to that because we have had similar habits as children where we would go out as a group of friends and sometimes gamble on games that are played in shops or sometimes on streets where there are small areas created as places for fun activities and stuff where you can play some local gambling games as well. It used to be fun when we used to go there because you always have a good time with friends around you.

A game that I remember from there was that they used to have a board where they had some images fixed, and then another dice-shaped box where the same images are fixed. You would need to make a bet on one of the images, he will roll the dice, and if the image you have bet on comes on top, you win all the money on the board except his commission which we can call the house edge.

Simply put, addiction is a disease that exists in the human brain system where he is obsessed with a certain activity, if for example the activity he likes does not contain any risk then maybe yes there will be no serious impact as happens in gambling, but if the addiction they experience in gambling or in the sense that they really like gambling for some reason then obviously for the problem the impact is definitely significant. On the other hand, one of the things that makes it difficult for someone to get out of gambling addiction is that they usually do not have the right understanding of gambling.

Most of them usually have the intention and goal to make money in gambling so when your goal is like that then obviously it is very difficult for you to get out of this activity because your hopes and beliefs are very high towards winning but in the end the facts keep slapping yourself that most sessions always end in defeat. And yes I agree with you that the impact of gambling involves social relationships with the community, there are many people who are affected indirectly, such as when scenarios where you hang out or have friends who are already addicted to gambling which in the end it is possible for you to experience some problems such as your friend borrowing money to gamble which in the end does not pay and becomes a problem.

Yes, as a parent you should do the best for your child by providing good and correct lessons and knowledge in everything so that your child gets used to adapting with good understanding and avoiding things that will make his life suffer in the future. However, as a parent, you must educate and explain to your child slowly but surely so that your child does not misperceive this understanding.
If it is related to gambling, it is true what you said that parents must invest from an early age in their children by providing examples of good behavior and good knowledge. If gambling is something that is very risky, it is very likely that people who enter the gambling area will not get pleasure but will have great regret.

When an addict spreads in a person, i.e. becomes addicted by the nervous system, it is not possible to get rid of it easily, even with thousands of attempts. Gambling is like an addiction which is not easy to get rid of even if you try hard to get rid of it. Moreover, gambling has many indirect harmful social problems which, if not easily eradicated, will spread so socially that its harmful effects will be observed among all sections of the society. When gamblers participate in gambling in open public spaces, from the general public to school and college students and all those addicts, they are curious and try to master them, gradually all these addictions spread to different levels of society, resulting in a society permanently plagued with various problems.

Equipping children with the knowledge and skills to make informed choices is a great thing done by parents to break the cycle of gambling and promote healthier family dynamics. Providing children with early education and guidance about gambling is crucial in preventing the perpetuation of harmful behaviors within the family. Parents are role model for their children who make them curious and inclined to follow suit, particularly as they enter adolescence.

Without proper guidance and education about the risks and consequences of gambling, children may be more susceptible to adopting similar behaviors. They would be perpetuating a cycle of gambling within the family. Parents need to educate them about the potential dangers of gambling and fostering critical thinking skills. Parents can empower their children to make informed decisions and resist the lure of gambling. Parents need to intervene early and provide guidance to mitigate the potential harm, because it can cause to both individuals and family dynamics. By instilling a strong understanding of the risks and consequences of gambling, parents can gradually diminish the cycle of gambling within the family.

Addiction is a bad reality and everyone needs to avoid it regardless of who is affected,  be it the gambler himself or his relatives,  this is why most times we always try to create a room where we are safe from all addiction tendencies and try to escape any of it possibility,  one of the reasons why addictions are viewed as a community crisis is the impact of addiction in the overall well being of the gamblers and since he is a member of a community will definitely rob off on the community at last.

So at best gambling addictions are a call for concern for everyone since gambling addictions could result in circumstances that may be hard to control and could drag the community into turmoil if not checked and dealt with on time.

Negative news gets the interest of readers, that's the enforcer for the type of gambling news spreading around the society. Lots of positive aspect of gambling is silenced and not discussed. Most people think gambling is all wrong, due to bad publicity. The gambling community have lots of tasks ahead, regarding matters as this, which keeps tarnishing the good image of gambling. I think lots of irresponsible gamblers around the society, contributed to the negative news on gambling. As they get addicted and cause their homes to be sad.

The information circulates, and people would want to know the cause of the problem, gambling would be called. What else do you expect his acquittances to think or say about gambling. Although the good news barely gets discussed, players who won jackpots can, still, end up going broke or addicted. Then making the society think gambling, won't be useful on any account. It also shows that more people get affected by gambling, compared to the impact it has on them, money or skill wise. However, some gamblers have the opportunity to increase their skills through gambling. Skills like critical thinking, is obtainable via gambling. But depends on the gambler's level of understanding. 

As much as possible, parents should be the role model of their children. Not the other way around. If somehow, the parent or parents is/are into gambling, much better if he/she won't let his/her kids see their gambling activities. They are not yet ready to live that kind of life. Because they are still too young, they can have immature decisions that can be detrimental to their way of living.


I believe, that's the big challenge in this generation. The existence of smartphones brings a very good access over the net and all kinds of apps, including gambling apps. So the parents should instill a very good habit or virtue to their kids on how to handle themselves in front of their gadgets.

Yes there would be no harm but the influence that it could give would really be bringing out that such big impact into someones lives specially into your children. You might not be able to see it early
but sooner or later in life then it would really be something that could really be destructive and this is why it would really be that important that if you are a parent or guardian then it would really be just that wise that you should really be knowing on how to hide off those things out of their awareness so that you wont really be able to influence them and they do saw on what you are doing.

You wont really be able to tell whether they would really be doing gambling at younger age or not as you as a parent had been involving into it then it wont really be shocking
that most of those kids will really be ended up the same.

Yeah, most likely what they see from their parents or whoever is adult in their house will definitely have a place in their minds and they're going to do the same thing as them. That's why if you're a parent that has a concern to your kid, you should never allow them to see you gamble because if you do so, they will no doubt going to imitate your actions and that bad habits that they will develop whilst they're a kid will result into a terrible habit as they grow up.
Many of the children don't know yet what's good and bad, right and wrong and we as adults need to guide them so that they'll have the idea on what they're doing if it's right or wrong. Because without having that guide, they are for sure going to have a bad future and these habits will definitely pull their lives down and it's going to be a sad day when you realize and saw them that they're completely addicted. We don't want that to happen to any kid that we know especially if that kid is from our own.

Indeed, if there are people in the family who like to gamble, new problems will arise in the family environment, namely, it is very likely that children or offspring will start to be curious and try to follow in their parents' footsteps. Especially if children have started to enter adolescence, if they are not given guidance in understanding what gambling really is, then it is likely that children will follow in their parents' footsteps. However, if the child has been given guidance and he begins to understand, it is possible that this cycle will slowly start to fade and disappear in the family.
Therefore, it is better to provide a good and accurate understanding from an early age if their parents' previous behavior was a mistake and the risks are very high in everyday life.