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We are going to be using Micheal Jordan as our case study :

Micheal Jordan gambled away $5 million dollars in one night^[1], he is a Billionaire, but that does not remove the fact that that's a hell lots of money to gamble away in just one night, you might want to say he is an adult and a Billionaires, and he is free to spend his money in which ever way he wants - understandable... Now, what about his son?

Marcus Jordan is just 19 years old, he spent a whooping $50,000 dollars in one night in Las Vegas on gambling and drinking in a strip night club^[1][2][3], the report shows he threw away $35,000 in gambling while $15,000 went into drinking alcohol and girls in the club, and do not forget that it is illegal to drink and gamble under the age of 21 in the state of Nevada where they live....

The young lad even posted that night's expenditures on his Twitter account where he said , and I quote....

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"Last night was stupid... 35K at Haze," the University of Central Florida sophomore guard said. "Totals 50K something the whole day."

but according to report, the tweet got deleted.

This (from the articles) I believe happened in 2010, but I believe it's a fresh story for those of us getting to know this for the first time,

What do you make out of this story, should we really allow our children to live such a lifestyle like gambling and night clubbing, most especially, when they are still under aged?

Let's discuss about this..

Parents should be a good example for their children. We know that the nature of a child is to imitate their parents. So, as parents act, children will surely try it too. As for this, the thing that must be done is to inform the child's awareness of the things or consequences that will occur if doing so (this can be related to any action that has consequences).

Here many things can be put into context, because for some people things are not seen as we see them, for me the education of children is very important, especially when it comes to money, a child, a young person always has to have an idea that your financial education is very important, and you should know that every dollar you earn is by working hard and to get there involves efforts and some sacrifices, for some who are from the world of sports it is different, but nevertheless you have to make an effort by training a lot, others of us study for 15-20 years and become professionals, thus earning a livelihood, for me the training of the children has to be very close to them, and not allow them to do unnecessary things, I think that is the job of being dad and mom.

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Playing and engaging in gambling activity is indeed a personal choice but no players ever wanted to be addicted on gambling. Gambling addiction just sprout from the activity of a person. It develops without the knowledge of a player that is the reason why I think gambling addiction is not a personal choice.

Many factors gamblers are very inappropriate for underage players so that they do not have the emotional control and attitude of maturity for important decisions, so gambling addiction in underage players should be avoided because it will damage their education and mindset when they are teenagers. I will always advise gamblers under the age of 18 to leave gambling because they have not yet reached the age set out in the requirements.

A minor's development will be stunted if he spends time in gambling when education is needed. Neither morality nor common sense resides in it. And neither the family nor the society can expect anything good through him. Rather, we have to face various problems. He will never be able to control himself in the gambling world. Consequence of this, he will lose everything. So according to time and age it is best not to engage in such activities until becomes mature.

Well yes, in part I agree with you, but it should be noted that the game as a whole is not so bad, it can make children and young people manage to do and develop some skills, for those who are not native speakers of the English language, it is he can learn quickly, for some reflexes and reactions the game is good, of course the casino game what it will cause in certain acts is that he is a little ambitious and likes money more, it is not bad at all, but you have to let them play under the supervision of their parents, only in this way will they ensure that there is no problem that something else affects them, and yes, that is the responsibility of the parents.

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Quote from: |MINER| on October 18, 2022, 06:04:19 PM

When a minor becomes addicted to gambling, it can sometimes lead to dangerous behavior. A minor boy fails to control himself. He may sometimes behave abnormally. Here it is the duty of a father to take care of his son at least till he reaches adulthood. A little delay here can sometimes lead to great danger. Which may never be recovered.

Yes you are right. I have a minor son who is completely addicted to gambling. His behavior has changed a lot. He thinks about things all the time and has a hot temper. At first I didn't understand why he does this. Later I understood. I have found that he is addicted to gambling. How can I get him away from gambling please help me.

You are in a very difficult situation as dealing with someone which is addicted is never easy, however like always the first step is for the addicted to recognize they have a problem and they need help to deal with it.

If this step is not taken then nothing can be done to help that person as they will never accept the help they desperately need, and once they take that step it is important to get them professional help, as leaving an addiction behind is not something which can be done overnight and instead it is a process which can take months or even years.

This part is not so difficult because a minor is still manageable and malleable by his peers, they can put him in an activity where he does not get close to anything where he can enter a game, it is something they can do, that is what sports are for , and obviously take him to a psychologist to help him overcome such a serious thing, I think that an addiction problem in a minor is more treatable than in an adult, because the older adult has more freedoms and access to what a minor does not he has it, so in part he is more old-fashioned, and this means that the learning he takes for now will serve him for his adult life and he does not make mistakes like that.