That's really a tough experience for children in your country. I've not heard of this, and it sounds quite scary. The brain of kids are quite very vulnerable to mental disorder from computers. They grow up watching screens, and it's hard to get over such thoughts. Had a kid in a neighborhood who jumped off a building believing he could swing like the spider man with webs in his hands. Such that are not done normally with the senses of the person. These are caused by the numerous screens surrounding a child in his lifetime. Hence, these occurrences are getting quite too hard to bear. As they'll be not acceptable possible means of reducing or stopping entirely the use of gadgets for children. Parents purchase gadgets a lot and don't moderate the rate at which a child spend online. Being on screen for long hours not only bothers the mental stability of the child but puts his sight at risk.
Who is to be blamed? the society. Because they hope on the teachings and upbring we offer to them. A child doesn't just wake up to gamble. He's been around a clique of gamblers during his lifetime. Aside gambling the video games also put a child's brain at risk. Most of them begin to try what they saw on TV. Meaning the actions on TV glues to their brain, and almost control them. A child may not be able to differentiate between his actual behaviors and when he's been influenced by addiction. So, they'll invest more time on the process, until they'll hardly accept to change or avoid gambling or videomaking. As they think it's the only place where people like him wouldn't put some stigma on him.
That's true, not only will it damage their mental health, their eyesight will also be affected if they look at gadget screens too often, therefore I think parents should be able to educate their children to limit their use of gadgets. because this can also make them addicted to playing gadgets, especially when it comes to gambling, someone who is addicted to gambling will certainly have bad effects, including mentally, and in my opinion this can also have an impact on their family members.
In fact, children have a high level of curiosity so it is likely that they will imitate what they find interesting, including gambling where gambling is a game and of course children will be interested in games, the fear is that addiction will occur, because of that This is a bad thing of course. If they are addicted, dangerous things will happen and harm themselves and their family or relatives. therefore preventing something is better than cure, right?
In my opinion, this mistake occurs based on a lack of attention and self-awareness.
what do you think? who is to blame?
The parents are to be blamed, as the kids are acting out of ignorance. The society also has to take a fair share of the blame for allowing other kids to be influenced by the use of gadgets. Which they know that is not good for the eyesight of the kids and brain. Our goal as parents is to have a close check on the kids and also know how to regulate the online network in the house. Maybe allowing internet access for a period of at least 3-4 hours for the kids. Then the child can only access the internet for smaller duration. Since the games they play these days are mostly online based games, the child may now have other time to focus on his books. Cautioning a child is not only by talking to him, but adding some restrictive measures which would remind the child about why he's being restricted from using the internet for some hours. These thoughts will now open some ideas in the brain of the child to use his time for other things, like his school assignment, reading and solving of mathematical problem. Which is quite beneficiary to the brain and thoughts of the child.
It's true that using gadgets too often is not good, because it has become commonplace in society, I think it's not a problem for parents, when their children prefer gadgets to playing with their friends, it has become a normal thing, but people should be supervised. Old people also have to be able to stay awake, they shouldn't be careless because nowadays the popularity of online gambling makes it easy for anyone to get to know it, even old people.
That's good, limiting the time they use the internet and gadgets is one way that can be done so that children are not greatly affected by gadgets, because if they play with gadgets often or for a long time, of course it will be bad for their eye health. We also have to be able to provide positive things that use gadgets, as you said, such as school assignments, because I often find that nowadays they can do school assignments using gadgets and internet access, including exams too, in my area there are schools that Indeed, the test is carried out using a gadget or computer. However, this is done by middle and above schools, so we should be able to limit the use of gadgets for young children, because if they do it too often it's not good either.
Educating children is indeed an obligation for parents, and this needs to be paid attention to because now with the large number of online gambling games it is easy for anyone to see it and recognize it, so even though the children are still small they can know this because this is a game that has strong attraction, don't let those who are not old enough to be addicted to gambling because that's not good, of course it will harm them and it can even harm their family too. as you said, before they reach the age of 18, parental supervision still applies, even if they are over 18 years old, I think the right to parental supervision still applies.
At least parents must supervise their children's use of devices, especially when their children are teenagers. When they are teenagers, there is a great sense of curiosity, especially since they start hanging out with lots of friends, and each of them shares a lot of things they know. This will definitely arouse curiosity in children so that they will try to find out for themselves. If these children are not properly accompanied, they can receive misleading information that will not provide correct information. And if they follow that information, they will take the wrong path, and if it is a gambling game, they can start gambling using the money given by their parents. This must be strictly supervised, and parents need to guide their children well.\
that's true, everyone will grow up in the future, society can bring them and can determine them too, if they are in the wrong company then it is likely that they will participate in a bad company, when they grow up of course they will have lots of friends and start mingle and indirectly this will make them drift into the surrounding environment. But in my opinion, even though they are adults, that doesn't mean parental supervision has to be lost.
In general, when they are adults, they will have their own thoughts and determine what is good for them and what is bad, but the other side of society will also determine them, as you said, it is possible that children can be carried away by misleading associations, including gambling. This can destroy their future if they respond to gambling excessively. Looking at the current social interactions of young people, they are definitely familiar with online gambling, I'm sure all children in the world will easily know about online gambling. It's true that what you said is that parents still have to be wary of their children, lest they get into the wrong company which leads them into things that are not profitable.