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Quote from: maydna on October 04, 2023, 09:51:40 PM

And when they see their parents gambling, they will come closer and want to know what gambling is like. Moreover, if they have money on the gambling table, they will ask, which may make them even more curious to try it later with their friends. I can't imagine if these underage children were gambling with their friends. And even if it is a small bet, they don't deserve to do it because they can become addicted. After all, they will find that gambling is fun, especially if they can take home some money. You must be careful, especially if they ask their parents for more money. Parents must always pay attention to their children and provide understanding so they do not take the wrong path.

This shows that you dont have kids, or dont pay much attention what they do during free time. You see the situation from adults point of view, but kids (I mean like real kids, not teenagers) dont care much about money. They have parents to solve all that "money moments". So when the kids see money on the table, first they get excited if there is a lot, but often quickly lose interest to it. You know, the kids rarely measure things different than adults. They rarely use "money" to measure things. When they see something, it is big, small, shiny, tasty, red, heavy and etc. They dont measure things as "that cost 9.99", "this is 100 bucks", "wow that cost like 3 my monthly salaries", "this car cost a million".

not everything is like what you describe. More precisely, every human being, even small children, have different interests. A small example of children knowing the value of a currency is when a child prefers to buy two of the same food because the pleasure they get can be enjoyed for longer. From there children get to know the basic value of currency, initially asking for 1 dollar which can only buy one ice cream. Cream then asks for 2 dollars because they know with those two dollars they can get two ice creams at once.

So, from there the children started not wanting to accept less pocket money than usual. especially if the two dollars can be doubled by just playing guessing games.

You dont get it, kids wont gamble to earn. They wont gamble to get as much money as possible. When they gamble, their goal is just to beat everyone, but not to win everyones money.

Of course there are exception. Of course there are impressionable kids, that after seeing adults gambling with money, their lifegoal chances into becoming a professional gambler and getting rich through gambling. But this is exception only. I dont have statistical data, but from 1000 kids that watch their parents gamble, 1000 wont turn into addicted gamblers like most people here post.

In fact, if a kids sees a problem in "less pocket money" then this is called bad parenting imho. If my kid says he gambled to double his money, because he wanted two or more ice creams instead of one, then I have failed as a parent. Because my kid could have just asked me for one more ice cream (and we would negotiate that wish, we would talk if it is to get 2-3 ice creams at once, or it might spoil stomach and appetite). Until my kid is a kid, it is my duty to provide with everything possible. I am the money problem solver.