There is the case of increasing number of underaged gamblers, will you still teach your little kids to gamble?
The answer will be "no" for most users, but truth is that in reality, most parents who gamble teach their kids indirectly to gamble without knowing, how?
for Sports betting - You indirectly teach your kids to gamble when you leave open your online betting slips, and drop carelessly within the reach of the underaged your offline slip if you didn't bet online. Kids are very inquisitive and take cue from their parents and guardians easily.
You indirectly teach the underaged to gamble when you speak freely and excitedly about how you their parent or guardian placed some bets, visited a casino to have some fun and so on. (be careful what you say around the underaged, they learn quickly especially from someone they look up to.
You also contribute to the increasing cases of gambling when you hide answers about gambling from the underaged when asked. If your kids or any underaged around you becomes too curious about gambling, educate them and let them know the perils of underaged gambling and why it is for adults, answer their questions and clear their doubts, so they don't go find out about gambling themselves.
kindly bring to our notice other ways user's have unknowingly contributed to the increasing number of underaged gambling, so we can take corrections and make amends where necessary.
There was a study done recently where it said children of smokers are much more likely to become smokers and it's unlikely to all be chemical dependency related. It's definitely a sad side affect of peoples addictions and shows how selfish such addictions can really be. It's one thing to destroy your own future, if you take it to the extremes, but when you have children you need to really try to set a higher standard. If you're a sensible gambler and are able to teach your children about it the proper way it might have some benefits (such as teaching them they will never win long term but it can be fun in small doses), but that level of self control is rare. Problem gamblers can also tend to have other traits like poor money management or even lying, which combined altogether can be even more disastrous.