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It's worse than you think. Those kids are not gonna quit even if someone talks to them about the damage it's doing to them since they were already exposed to it earlier. It'd be hard to break off such habit now if they're already doing it with their uniforms on? That's really wild. They now have their balls deep in gambling. Whatever you learn in your teen days, is gonna stick with you in life for sure. That's why I fear for those kids especially if they randomly win, the dopamine hit will push them to bet more.
If we talk logically then it is clear that it is no longer appropriate for children to carry out gambling activities, because if it is just small game that is played with their friends in school can be considered as their entertainment.
Just imagine that they are still school children and whether they deliberately don't go to school or after school going to betting shop is not normal thing for school children to do, I sure if their parents found out they would definitely be very angry.
What is really unfortunate about something like this is the bad impact that could happen to them, such as gambling addiction, losing direction in learning, losing excessive money and the potential for things that go beyond the limit to the loss of child future.
They gamble without any control or proper basis so that they can easily get all the bad effects, betting places should have an age limit for being able to enter.
But basically things like this are happening lot now, even where I live there are several similar incidents, it will be very difficult to suppress or prevent incidents like this.
Now, the idea of using gambling to teach... There are risks, right? We know it gets hard to stop doing. However, telling our kids there is no gambling will not help them. It's like those stock market games you play in business school. We could make a gambling version of it. Show them how it works and how the odds are against you. This will take the shine off of the whole thing
Kids skipping school to go to betting shops? There's more to that than just gambling. They want a thrill or an easy way to get money. Maybe they're bored at school or feel bad at home. Those things need to be fixed. If you make school fun or help them with their home lives, THEN they won't want to go to those shops as a way to escape
Everything will have risks and it is much better for them to play some games aimed at entertaining themselves rather than having to go to betting shop or play on gambling site, but providing this kind of understanding is not easy.
Social interactions and the careless use of digital tools without insight or education are one of the main factors why many young people are trying to get to know gambling, I sure we will find lots of groups of young people who gamble together.
Those who initially don't know anything hear and see other friends gambling, from here curiosity will arise which makes teenagers who previously didn't know anything about gambling try to find out more and try playing.
Feeling lazy about pursuing educational knowledge is the reason, I sure they still prioritize pleasure rather than fighting for the future and problems like this are actually the ones who can solve them are their parents and the people around them.
But I admit that the social relations of children now are very different from before, now many young people are going beyond the boundaries and going out of the right track, I think developments in the times are also influencing all of this.
