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Anything can affect a child's educational performance, we should not see gambling nas the only thing that does so, too much playing can contribute to poor performance, lack of balance diet and malnutrition in a child can cause a lot of psychological and emotional imbalance causing poor performance in academic, while gambling should be seen as a way of introducing series of games to children to play without money being involved, in other to help exercise their brain for more increased active participations, thereby boosting their brain and academic performance.
Yes you are right for me I really don't see how gambling can affect a child's education because as a parent you need to monitor your child and if you notice his using the money you are giving to him for gambling you can stop giving the money or you reduce the amount of money you give them this way it will stop them from gambling, I had a friend when we where in school he always uses part the money his parent gives him for allowance to play gamble and when the parents notice they cut down the money they where giving him for allowance and that was how he stopped gambling because if he continues gambling he will go hungry if the money is no more.
As a child how did he or she even get to play gamble if as a parent you are providing every thing your child needs he may only get involve in gambling to have fun but try to provide things that your children can also use to have fun, however the reason why your child may start gambling is because of peer pressure but let's try to always be close to our children to find out things that needs to be corrected.