~snip~ So I think it's fine to experience it by kids, however for me the perfect age when you take gambling seriously is when the time you're disciplined enough to manage your money.
No, kids should stay away from gambling, and a person should only take the experience of gambling while he/she is mature enough in mentally. Cause youngsters may take wrong steps by being curious and loss valuable money. A person should start gambling at the age while he realize the importance and the real value of money. Your case was different and there wasn't any big risk involved.
Until that kids grow up, they should not know how to gamble and give them time to enjoy their ages by playing many games and having fun without using gamble. The youngsters now become smart and capable of using a smartphone easily, and they can browse many websites, including gambling websites. Maybe the parents need to stay away from their children from mobile phones and ask them to play in real activity outdoors to distract their minds and become addicted to the mobile phones.
Actually it's very difficult because how can children play outdoor activities if there's no one can interact to? I mean, most of the children are now using smartphones to be entertained because most of the child stuffs like tv shows and such are now on YouTube. Parents will probably choose the easiest way to entertain their children is through smartphones and we can't blame if it ends up badly. Children need interaction with other children, as you can see in the show cocomelon, there are interaction and kids want those kinds of stuff. So they can't really prohibit these things nowadays because it's already part of the new-gen and the only thing the parents should do is proper guidance and words of wisdom to enlighten the children on how things work to avoid getting involved in such gambling platforms.
If the children can not play outdoor with their friends, we can join with our children and I am sure that will attract the attention of the other children and of course, their parents will also attract them to that. We should teach them that there is a time when they use their smartphone or watching television, but there is time for them to socialize with other people to balance their life when they grow up.
Actually, I feel pity if I watch children just focus on their smartphones and ignore people around them without communicate or talking about anything. That will not be good for their psychology when they grow up because that can make them can not open-minded to accept other people. The children need interaction with their friends and other people to feel that they are not alone and have another shoulder to tell their feeling. Children need guidance from their parents, so they do not feel alone and lost in their future.
Maybe the parents need to stay away from their children from mobile phones and ask them to play in real activity outdoors to distract their minds and become addicted to the mobile phones.
Easy to say but sometimes it's not the actual situation in reality. Different families live in different environments so there will be a time that parents can't follow what their kids are doing. There are families that live in a place where gambling is just around the corner so how come they can't prevent their kids to do gambling.
I would say, they just have to trust their kids approach towards gambling. If these parents badly want to educate their kids, then they can do some discussions, either during lunch, dinner or include it in their normal conversation. Now up to their children if they will obey or follow their parents.
I think that is what the parents' approach is due to their children and no matter if the situation is different from the past, the parents need to take care of their children. If the parents are not busy with themselves and still care for their children, their children will not go wrong. The parents and their children's communication is the important thing that the parents need to do because now, many parents seem to forget about that and only give money to their children.