Topic: Never gamble in front of your kids. - page 37. (Read 12632 times)

Just to break the logic "seeing adults gambling = getting addicted" among kids. Why do you think that a kid, after seeing his parents gambling, will carry interest to gambling through his childhood and his interests wont change when he grows up or becomes adult? That seems to be a strange logic if you think that kids remember all that they saw during childhood. If you do it regularly, you live in a casino and push on teaching gambling, then yes, the kid will carry interest to gambling to his adulthood.

We should really be that aware that kids are really that ones who are really that fastly be able to mimic out on whatever they've seen around and since they've been seeing their parents doing something then everything that they would really be able to glimpse out is something would be considered to be right into their eyes on which means that if ever they would really be that seeing that you are gambling in front of them then expect that they will really be most likely be ended up on being a gambler once they would grow old. Although it wont really be that something to be assured because each one of us would really be that grown into maturity
on which it could be causing up those kind of self realizations.

As a parent then we are really that doing everything for our kids on which it would really be just that normal that we would really be that giving the best things for them.
We do know on what gambling could give out so it would really be common sense that we should really be taking them away as much as possible.

Adults will usually be used as an example by young children in any case whether it is from speech, treatment, and something done by adults, a child will not know something that is done by adults is basically forbidden, and this is why the job of parents is to teach and direct them to good and right things and keep them away from something bad of any kind. This means that I don't think it depends on whether the child wants to follow something that is done by adults or not, because the main point is that when they see that adults are doing it openly then they will most likely think that it is something that is allowed to do, and this is why we as adults are advised to hide gambling activities, none other than because after all prevention is always better than cure.

On the other hand, children usually have a high level of curiosity about anything they see, especially those that make them curious and interested and it is possible that the excitement reaction that you experience when gambling, especially when you win, can make them interested and curious, and of course as you said that we must prioritize care, this concerns the safety of the personality of a child who still has a long future.

Also true, it's on the person itself whether to take part in gambling or change his way but the influence it can bring can't be deny which if the kids see things as normal usually they will follow that track, thinking that its' just normal since they are seeing adult people that surrounds them are just doing it without any conviction.

This how important your cares about your kids or on the young minds that still in your vicinities, they can be influence if you are not careful with how you treat your gambling.

That right. As parents, we must explain things instead of hiding. I think I have seen such idea here already. This seems wrong to hide lots of things from kids, because they can understand it incorrectly at their age. I dont understand how people plan to do that. When kid is 0-17 years old, hide lots of things, but when he turns 18, explain him lots of information in one set? Imo it is better explain what we are doing, then hiding and getting back to explanation anyway, when kid get curious about what we were hiding.

this analogy might be too much, because i also grew up in an environment where people gambled every day, but i didn't grow up being a gambling addict. because it still comes back to the individual, because many gambling addicts are born from good families. so even though it is not recommended to gamble in front of children, even if we gamble in front of them there is no certainty that they will gamble more than we do.

Kids of nowadays are very curious to learn or test something. And that's why they like asking questions that might lead you to giving them a hash response which would even build their curiosity more, na then destroy the parent to child relationship which you have built. And if they paraventure start taking advise from friends and then disregarding their parents advise, it could make them make lots of mistakes without letting their parents know, and that could include becoming addicted to gambling. We have more of teenagers in this category. If they get sweet mouth by online gambling ads they could think of only the positive aspects of gambling. That is, doubling their money and maximizing their profits, and some of them could find it very difficult to quit.

We don't need to pretend to be perfect, especially in front of children. If necessary, we can learn together with the children and don't need to feel proud or inferior if we don't know something. Learning with children about things, especially about the consequences or impacts of gambling with them, can open up children's insight into whether gambling can make their lives messy.

As parents, we really have to accompany our children well. This is so that they can grow and develop well and are not involved in something that could negatively impact them. By always being near them, at least they can trust us as their parents. They will not seek information from the wrong place because we can always help them.

Closeness between parents and children can create even closer family relationships. They will not carelessly look for information so they can live their lives well. These things seem to have started to disappear for now because of the busy lives of their respective parents.

Why do you all think that kids are so naive and stupid, and their only wish is to spend money in gambling after they see you gamble? Dont be ridiculous, instead of gambling to increase money in their piggy bank, they would either ask parents for money, or will ask to buy what they want. If you afraid that kids will be addicted to gambling, then I am more afraid they will be addicted to McDonalds In my entire life I have seen more kids addicted to chips, soda and fastfood, and zero kids that knew what is gambling, zero kids that spend all their money on gambling and zero kids who went to casino as first thing to do when they hit 18

Let them know we are just playing a game if ever they ask. They don't have any idea yet about what we do but still, it's better if we explain it better to them so that they won't keep on asking questions or they won't do the research on their own since they have access to both gadgets and the internet.
But I do agree with your final statement that what we should be monitoring is their activity on Youtube and social media. I have a weekly check-up of their smartphones and I make sure that the recommended videos will be as clean as possible. Histories of what they watch are also checked because they don't know yet how to clear those. There was a time when I had already seen some half-nude videos in my son's history and I cleaned it as fast as possible to avoid more recommendations. I know he must not mean to open those but it's better to be safe.
If they are opening those things without any idea what it is, what more with gambling since advertisements are all over the internet.

Money is not the main problem for gambling in children, the main problem is the disruption of their mental development. I have seen this happen many times when I discuss Bitcoin in front of my family members, especially the younger ones, they are talking about Bitcoin themselves. 

That is, children are like candles or clay, they will be shaped in the way you give them from childhood. We must see to it that we never stand in the way of children's mental growth. If gambling is discussed in front of children from childhood then curiosity about gambling will be created in their mind from childhood and when they learn to understand a bit they will search about gambling with smartphone in hand. When they search about gambling, all the information about gambling comes in front of them, but they don't develop as they should.

I remember we had a topic here where people suggest to teach kids to trade or invest as early as possible. Because that will help them to build bright future and have a lot of money when they grow up. When people suggest that, they imagine that their kids will trade only with profit. But we all know how trading can be dangerous, how easy it is to lose money with wrong investment. On the other hand, people suggest not to gamble in front of kids, because they will get addicted and lose all of their money. So if two actions involve risk and money, then why gambling inst suggested to do in front of kids, but trading and investing is ok? Should not those two better not be done in front of kids, or should be done in front of kids?

Both ways are not perfect, but it's better to pass down advice than not. I realized earlier that some words like drugs, gambling, and sex, stick to the brain, regardless of the context of the information it's embedded in. Sex education increased premarital or unwanted pregnancy. Same as drugs and gambling. Even when telling people the better ways to gamble or escape addiction, they still go there to mess things up. Not saying a thing about it, is also wrong. I think while we pass down the message, it's good for the parent to know, that the child is to decide what to do with himself. Guiding them is great, but sometimes we won't be there to protect them from peers. Which is the strongest form of influence on growing people.

Their peers can easily distract them from focusing. Once noticed a young person who after receiving advice from his parent, would immediately go contrary to that if the friends arrive. Especially, when the parents have gone to work. So, since, with or without the advice or guardian, the child will still hear about gambling, not talking to them isn't an option, sure. The best form of having this conversation is to build a relationship between both parties, that gambling discussion is not prohibited in the family. This will help the child to tell his parents earlier if he begins to gamble or is already thinking about doing it. And also creates an avenue for the parent to know those whom their child engages with in gambling.

The advance technology that we have around thos days have made life very easy amd for increasing privacy because you can see how kids could be busy not to even notice there parents screen since smart parents always know what to do to keep the kids distracted and engaged.

The most important thing is for us to monitor the kids to be sure that they don't go out of the way into having access to what is above they age at any moment.

We can't pretend everything's perfect. Kids learn faster than we think from friends, the internet, and more. Gambling education? Though tricky, we're hurting them by ignoring it.

Though we forbid gambling talk, they'll still hear about it. They're alone when they do. We've forced them to figure it out without context

Wouldn't a real chat be better? Not obscuring risks, but explaining addiction potential, etc. Knowledge, not fear, is the goal. In this world of temptation, ignoring it isn't an option. Building mental armor (helping kids grasp why gambling is dangerous) will help them make educated decisions. Protecting them works until it doesn't, but telling them the truth? That endures

We are as parents does really know on how education would really be changing up someones lifes and this is something a foundation on which it would really be making our children to have at least that kind of assurance that they could get a job or having that advantage in compared into those people who doesnt have that education. What more if they would really just not be able to finish up their studies and would really be focusing directly on making money through gambling? For us parents then we arent that dumb on how people do end up with gambling. This isnt something that you could really be able to make your future better with it.

If you are a parent and a gambler then it would really be that responsible that you should not let them see you on playing gambling because we do know that whatever
the things that our children would be able to see is something that would really be the thing that they would be following on which they would really be that seeing it to be right and correct.
Therefore, it would be common sense that you should really be avoiding it at all cost.

I remember from my childhood, that it took quite an effort for parents to get kids home from street, as they were busy playing and socializing. I see kids today, and it is almost impossible to get them out to play. All they want to do is to spend time in their gadgets, while having million of toys in their room. All that makes me think, that even if parents gamble in front of them, they either wont notice it, or pay little attention to it. But they will surely focus on what they see on youtube for example. So it is better not to pay a lot of attention who they friend with and what they can learn from them, not to hide gambling activities at home, but monitor or control what they get from social media. Today, social media is what they trust more than parents, family, friends. You can redecorate whole house, paint room, move furniture - they wont notice that. But if their favourite youtuber uploads a new video about minecraft, then that will be an object of discussion among friend for weeks.

Making kids focus on their studies instead of introducing them to gambling? Who would argue with that? Even if it was possible for them to constantly make money through gambling, what money can bring to an uneducated person? Nothing apart some troubles, I think. The greatest wealth lies in knowledge, not money.

Maybe they won't be motivated but if they talk about gambling among their peers, there's a chance they'll get interested and try it. As adults, we should avoid discussing gambling in front of children. Let them grow and develop like other children without knowing about gambling.

If later they find out about gambling from their friends, we can tell them that gambling can have bad consequences for their lives. However, in their social interactions, they may learn about gambling. It is our job as parents to guide him not to get involved in gambling.

We can just be open with them about gambling. We can also give them real examples of people familiar with gambling and its effects on them. This is so they can know what will happen to them if they get to know gambling and play gambling so they can avoid it.

People cant come with something better than imaginary "addiction to gambling". Like kids are unstable mind can be influenced only by gambling. What about all that violence in the movies and news they see every day? Almost every day they see people smoke and drink alcohol. Almost every day they watch content on youtube that does not suit their age. Among all the evil around (and btw who has said that gambling is bad?) you try to protect them from least dangerous. Like if they see you gambling when they were 10, during next years, you, as parent, is not going to do anything to educate them what is good, bad and what gambling can cause. And when they become 18, first thing kids are going to do is to go to casino and lose all the money.