Quote from: Dr.Bitcoin_Strange on Today at 08:37:59 PM

Quote from: South Park on Today at 06:11:59 PM

The availability of the internet and smartphone devices is making harder for parents to protect their kids from having access to all kind of activities that could be harmful to them, so being open about those dangers seems like the best strategy they can use, however it is important to not underestimate the dangers gambling present for underage people, as this is not only about the money that can be lost, it is a very well established fact that those that suffer from addictions began those behaviors as kids or as teenagers, while an adult person that began to gamble has very low possibilities of ever developing an addiction.

That's quite right, the availability of internet and how parents usually allow their kids to get their hands on phone without parental guidance have make some kids to learn what they are not supposed to. For example, I caught one of my niece watching an erotic movie in her Chromebook while she was just eleven then, I just angrily picked the tab from her and go straight to show it to her mum (my sister) and told her, "look what your daughter is learning. "

There's one previous comment I made here, what I stated is that, if a kid actually finds out about something, it better for the parents not to lie to the kid, rather they should tell them the truth and inform the child about the risk of such thing and also why it's not good for their age.

It is not always possible to monitor the children using their mobile devices, because at your age they are a necessity, and with the number of social media platforms, we no longer know what they are really doing.

So the only thing we can do is educate them on this kind of thing that it is not good for children like them, so that at least they have an idea or familiarization that it will not do anything good if a minor does it.