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Quote from: Ricardo11 on November 24, 2024, 04:29:43 PM

As a parent, by not always being strict but being friendly with your child

In some ways, that might be the root of the problem. I think that my parents were much more strict with me, than I am with my children. In general I think parents today are more light towards their kids, than parents were 20-30 years ago. Modern parents let go way to many thing, close eyes on many things, allow to much and dont stop whenever kids are misbehaving. Not every parents a like that, but I see a lot that say «he is just a kid», «its just a period of being teenage», «we are tolerant parents». As if parents wait that kids will understand everything (their bad behavior for example) themselves. If we connect it with gambling, then some parents think that «a kid will play with it for a while and forget about it; there is nothing bad about it». When they should be more strict to their children.

I have some experience in raising children, whether my own or not, and I will say that parents who allow their children to do whatever they want and at the same time stand aside saying "I give my child freedom" are bad parents. They are lazy and do not have the inner core to be strict with their children. And then such parents are surprised that their child grew up a gambler. You need to be strict but fair. And then the children will grow up with the ability to resist temptations like uncontrolled gambling.

Also some parents dont see huge thread in gambling, think that their children know enough about gambling and wont do anything stupid, and let things go by the flow. And then they are surprised when they find out that their children gamble or watch unappropriated content in the Internet. Some parents are so confident in their children or think that children already are aware of something, that they neglect giving advices, explanation or education. For example they think that their children knows about addiction and risk of gambling, so they dont even talk about that with them. Then they are surprised when it is to late. In a problem of teenage exposure to gambling, gambling industry is no the only one who is responsible. Half of the guilt lays on the parents.