Re: If your son who is over 18 asks you how to bet on soccer, would you help him?
Imagine your son, who just turned 18, comes to you, saying, "Dad, I would like to learn how to bet on soccer." He asks if you can explain the basics, like understanding odds, analysis techniques, and the risks involved. What would you do 
I know that, as a parent, you want to support your son’s interests but also worry about the potential downsides of gambling, which is normal from my point of view (well, I think teenagers may become addicted to gambling more easily than adults).
My question is: Do you take this opportunity to teach him about responsible betting, or do you try to steer him away from it? Also, if you are still supporting him financially, would you allow him to use the money you provide for betting? the money you work so hard for...
P.S.: Whether you’re a parent or not, you are welcome to share your opinion!
I know that, as a parent, you want to support your son’s interests but also worry about the potential downsides of gambling, which is normal from my point of view (well, I think teenagers may become addicted to gambling more easily than adults).
My question is: Do you take this opportunity to teach him about responsible betting, or do you try to steer him away from it? Also, if you are still supporting him financially, would you allow him to use the money you provide for betting? the money you work so hard for...
P.S.: Whether you’re a parent or not, you are welcome to share your opinion!
This is serious OP, if you're a gambler and you know the effect or whatever happens when you're into it you won't want to let your child to start it in the first place but if he has the idea maybe from friends like outside the house then it can be tolerated some how. The only thing I'd do as a parent is tell him to never put too much interest in gambling because it can damage his life since he's still young and not yet financially stable. The idea on all these is to let the child know that without him having any money it can lead to stealing which is not good, to me if you want to gamble don't borrow or sell what's not yours even your property is not advisable to sell just to gamble.
That's right, but admit that young kids don't have your critical thinking of an adult, which is formed only with experience. Young guys always do things their own way, and even sometimes if they are forbidden to do something, they can do the opposite. That's why I think that if parents don't tell their child about gambling, the Internet will tell them about it. That's why you need to carefully make the teenager understand that this is a bad activity, and show those who ruined their lives because of problem gambling.
Is very hard to even hold a child to not do such a thing because you have no idea where he might learn it from and as long as they have heard that someone won a huge sum of money, it will trigger them to go and try if luck will be on their side. Parents can't hide it from them, ok what if a situation where the child have never seen the parents gamble but they saw it on TV or by chance they find themselves in a gambling area and coming back home to tell the parents what they encounter outside, what do you expect the parents to do? To me is best to tell the child everything he or she needs to know as long as the child is up to 18 then he's an adult, by so doing you'd point out the negative part of gambling first before the positive side of it and is only a reasonable child would get the message of the parents.