Yesterday I read an article about a gambler who confessed that he started gambling because as a child his father took him to the races, where this father bets on horses. After watching the excitement and periodic luck of his father, this guy remembered that horse racing is a fun event where there were a lot of emotions. Also, when the father won, he bought this guy goodies. In general, he remembered this type of gambling as something good and positive.
And of course, in the end, this guy grew up with a love of gambling. He didn't see anything wrong with playing casino games on weekends. And he was lucky! It was said in the interview that he was multiplying his salary. And it lasted for months. But then the luck ran out. And as you can guess, he got into debt. This is the natural ending of any uncontrolled gambling craze.
Most often, they become gamblers because there was another successful gambler nearby who showed how well he earns on gambling. Usually, at the same time, he also says that permanent work is bad, because you can only earn stress there, but gambling is a great activity where you can do almost nothing and get rich. But free cheese is only in a mousetrap, and there are no easy ways to get rich unless you have a great insider friend. Or a rich father. By the way, the father from this article that you described is not very smart, since he took his son to the races.
The successful gaming experience that children and adolescents observe from the outside is a driving force for their future. This is what will make them play, I'm sure of it. For example, if the older brother, who grows up with the younger one, shows him how to play gambling, then he will definitely start playing it. Parents very often do not have time to care for their children because they are busy at work to feed their family. Therefore, not only parents can set a bad example by playing gambling games, but also other close relatives.
After this, I want to say that if in life you see children watching an advertisement or a neighbor guy showing them how to play this, you need to stop it immediately so that it does not have an impact on their consciousness in the future.
Of course, gambling establishments never care about the fact that children are protected from this, they just state everywhere that you cannot play under 18 years of age and that’s all.