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.
Chldren now a days are very smart, the kids of today are not like the kids of the 80s and 90s, the ones of this century are fast learner, anything they see from the elders, they reciprocate them sharply and it's not their fault, it's the nature and how things have transformed. If you have ever had a child or been around the family that has them, you will notice that they don't allow them watch some channels, that's basically parenting because the kids are still young and they shouldn't be thinking about that kind of aspect in such age, similar thing goes to gambling.
Exposing your kids early to gambling is like setting trap for yourself to blame because when they grow up with that kind of mentality, it will hunt them for the rest of their life, they will prefer gambling than doing any other things in life, if you give them money to invest, they rather see that money in casino house than reasonably think on how to invest it wisely for the future, what you cannot control in the future, it's better you don't start it with the kids.