Quote from: Jody.Drummer on Today at 04:29:34 AM

Quote from: South Park on September 01, 2024, 06:11:59 PM

Quote from: TopTort777 on August 26, 2024, 08:21:36 AM

That is true. Compared with our childhood, current kids have way more sources of information. Parents hide that they gamble, while kids already know what gambling is and gamble secretly Cheesy

Everyone stay silent until bad things happen. I was always trying to say that educate and explain is better than bad or hide. Why everyone think, that if a kid saw or knows what is gambling, he will immediately run to gamble? And if he really did that? Is that really that bad if he has lost all of his money? Better he learns that bitter lesson now, than he is 25 and he looses salary, takes loan and goes into more problems.

I dont think that a kid will use gambling as a solution if he lack money for something or wants to become rich. He has parents after all, who must carry him on from 0 to 18 yo. But later give more of a support, than fully maintain his life. Well, a kid might also be simply stupid. Gamble all the money, steal, get involved into criminal and etc. But that is not because he saw his parents gamble. These are his genes Cheesy

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 right, because sometimes children are already familiar with the internet or gadgets, even some elementary schools have involved gadgets in their learning methods. Although being open to them is one way to tell them to stay away from it, I don't think that means we have to deliberately gamble in front of them, I myself think I will tell them when they are old enough or have differences in terms of naughtiness that may change when they often gamble without their parents' knowledge. As parents, of course educating them is something that must be done, but with children who have entered school usually already have personal cellphones, maybe only a few parents will have or apply restrictions for their children to play their cellphones. Parents must be able to educate their children well but not by telling them about gambling because with good education they will definitely be able to distinguish between good and bad things for themselves later.

Children growing up today live in a digital environment. Tech-savvy, kids will come across all kinds of stuff online, including gaming. We cannot only strive to protect them from it; that is not practical. We must therefore educate them about it instead. Not to urge people to risk but rather to equip them with the information required for wise judgments. We must assist kids in grasping the hazards, possible repercussions, and reality that gaming is not a road to quick money.

Its about developing critical thought ability. Its about helping kids to make wise decisions, to challenge what they observe and hear, and to assess knowledge. This kind of education will really shield children from all kinds of life's obstacles, not only from gambling. Our children need to be empowered, not sheltered. We have to equip them with the means to confidently and ethically negotiate this complicated world. One clever child at a time, that is how we create a better tomorrow.