Hey gamblers' community, hope you're all doing great.
I wanted to convey my message here that gambling in front of our kids may put adverse effects on their growing minds and they may also take the wrong path and start gambling (either by asking you personally for funds or by stealing it in order to fulfill their gambling cravings).
I'm sharing this because I saw this issue with my kiddo who was once watching me gamble at a website playing blackjack and she started asking me more about the game. Then one day, she wanted to play it herself and asked me if she can go for it and I said "no, it's not your legal age to go for such games". So, it's better to keep our kiddos away from gambling and let them focus on their studies, else it'd actually ruin everything for the whole family if the kid takes the wrong path.
I agree. Children's minds are like sponges. But instead of soaking up water, they soak up experiences that they see from the actions of adults. Especially when it comes to actions of their parents. Gambling, drugs, alcohol, smoking, swearing and all bad character traits could become a permanent component of the childs personality, later on in life. This is because their brains are still growing, and the neural network is still forming. Anything that disturbs this process could end up permanently altering the child for the worse.
But then again, hiding the truth from the child to the extreme also does not work. If you pamper a child too much, they will grow up without necessary life skills, and something like that can be just as damaging to them, later in life.
Whatever they do saw in their parents are really that indeed rightful things on their eyes on which it is what most people been saying here and even with our own experience when we are still a child then we would
really be seeing those things to be right and we would definitely be following it because it would really be definitely be influencing us on following on whatever things that they've been dealing with.
This is the main reason on why i would never ever consider on showing up something in front of my kids which it isnt really that only limited on gambling but also in other things as well which
it isnt something that would really be that just right for them to see on but there are really some circumstances on which you cant really be able to avoid or have been accidentally be seen.
This is why if you dont like to be on this situation then better keep it to yourself as a parent on whatever things that you are dealing with specially on things that you dont want for them to follow.