You're absolutely right about the importance of parental education in guiding children through life's challenges. It's essential to remember that while any addiction can be harmful, gambling itself is intended to be a source of pleasure and entertainment. By fostering a healthy understanding and approach to gambling as to all leisure activities parents can help their children enjoy these activities responsibly and safely.
Yes, parents education is necessary for their children so that they are not involved in things that will harm them. If parents can be friends and parents, their children will not hide what they do because they already trust their parents. They also won't want to try gambling because they already understand the impact of gambling on them.
There are many other activities that children can do besides gambling, especially using their devices more often than doing physical activities. We have seen that children in this era prefer to use their devices rather than do physical activities, and this is what causes a lack of socialization with each other.
I am sure that most parents are doing the best that they can already, it is just that now in many countries around the world both parents have to work in order to keep themselves afloat, and this is causing that many kids are growing without a strong parental figure that can guide them, so many of those kids are now looking the answers to their questions online, and as we know they can find all kind of mistaken information there that could warp the view they may have about gambling and they may try it at such an early age.