Do not gamble in front of children

[Litzki1990]

Children will directly imitate what you do in front of the child. If you scold a lot in front of children from childhood, then children will use those scoldings from then or if you make them in a very nice environment, then they will develop very nicely. You live in your family and while living in the family you openly discuss gambling in front of the children. For the first few days you may think that discussing gambling is not affecting my children badly but when you regularly discuss gambling in front of them you may find that at some point they question you about it which is never good for a child. If the child is affected by gambling at a young age, the child will never grow up normally, so even if you gamble, it is better not to discuss it in front of the children.

[bitbit97]

If the child is affected by gambling at a young age, the child will never grow up normally.

What do you mean by "never grow up normally". Gambling is not a disease. That is not something that person gets infected with and it does not harm health nor shorten life.

We do lots of things in front of children, including gambling, but still each of them grow up with own interests and as an individual. I know that this is not recommended to gamble in front of children that are easy to impress positively and negatively. Most important is to teach then that they should not gamble when they are short in money and they should not gamble to solve that.

[pawel7777]

Gambling is a serious addiction especially those who get involved in this serious addiction cannot easily get rid of the addiction. There are many gamblers in our society who become addicted to gambling in front of small children, in this case the children are mentally attracted to those forbidden games. At some point, children imitate all these addictions in themselves in such a way that later they themselves become professional gamblers. Many school going boys in my area have become big gamblers especially those boys whose fathers have a history of gambling too. So for the time being Guardians should not be addicted to gambling in front of small children.

I don't subscribe to the opinion that everyone who is involved in gambling is, or will be, addicted to it. It's as silly as saying that everyone who drinks alcohol is an alcoholic.
But 100% agree on being a good example to your kids. Raising children is not about what you say to them, but what you're showing them with your own life.
You want them to grow up to be good people? Become one yourself first.

[bitbit97]

Gambling is a serious addiction especially those who get involved in this serious addiction cannot easily get rid of the addiction. There are many gamblers in our society who become addicted to gambling in front of small children, in this case the children are mentally attracted to those forbidden games. At some point, children imitate all these addictions in themselves in such a way that later they themselves become professional gamblers. Many school going boys in my area have become big gamblers especially those boys whose fathers have a history of gambling too. So for the time being Guardians should not be addicted to gambling in front of small children.

I don't subscribe to the opinion that everyone who is involved in gambling is, or will be, addicted to it. It's as silly as saying that everyone who drinks alcohol is an alcoholic.
But 100% agree on being a good example to your kids. Raising children is not about what you say to them, but what you're showing them with your own life.
You want them to grow up to be good people? Become one yourself first.

People can speculate with "children will be like their parents". If parents gamble, children will gamble as well. But that does not always happen. However I did not get your idea of "showing with own life" instead of saying something. Showing example is good, but what do you plan to show ? Show how you gamble? Show how you not gamble? Imo the best way of raising children is explaining everything to them. Explaining what might or might not happen if they gamble, how things can go, what can happen. Otherwise it looks strange to stop gambling only because kid would see it. It would be strange to gamble also without explaining why we do it.

[Igebotz]

As a mother one thing I understood from children is that they don't just look at what are we doing but they are imitators and replicate whatever we are doing after we might have left them in an idle mood or in a lonely place they surely practice everything we are doing, that is why is not encouraging to gamble in the front of our children or having any deal in front them as they will easily pick it up from you. As a gambler it is advisable we don't disclosed any irrelevant secrete to them and remain hidden for their future sake.

I agree, children are in a clean slate and it has been said that a child's mind is a tabularasa which means that what the child sees is what fills the mind of the child. A child sometimes cannot question the good or bad of an action hence they believe that everything does by an adult is right and worthy of emulation. This makes it improper to gamble in the front of children since they will certainly copy that behavior on the ground that it is a good practice.

[Martyns]

Children will directly imitate what you do in front of the child. If you scold a lot in front of children from childhood, then children will use those scoldings from then or if you make them in a very nice environment, then they will develop very nicely. You live in your family and while living in the family you openly discuss gambling in front of the children. For the first few days you may think that discussing gambling is not affecting my children badly but when you regularly discuss gambling in front of them you may find that at some point they question you about it which is never good for a child. If the child is affected by gambling at a young age, the child will never grow up normally, so even if you gamble, it is better not to discuss it in front of the children.

I'm totally inline with what you said,children have a very soft brain,which is vast and fast in taking in what is seen and said, Children wants to copy everything their parents do,because they believe whatever their parents do is the best,but they do not know that most parents really are babies and do not know what they are doing.Parents who gamble infront of their children are ruining their children's future,and would regret the actions of their their children when they grow big.
The worst thing that someone can do to any child is by introducing him or her into gambling,because from that day,his money will no longer be saved.

[joniboini]

Explaining what might or might not happen if they gamble, how things can go, what can happen. Otherwise it looks strange to stop gambling only because kid would see it. It would be strange to gamble also without explaining why we do it.

How would you tell your children why you gamble though? Is it really wise to tell them when they're just 8 years old and explain that their parents find enjoyment in gambling? I'm not sure how it would affect their development. If they associate risk-taking activity like gambling, wouldn't they just use that as a rationale to do the same thing even though in reality they don't have the capacity (capital or others) to do so?

On the other hand, some reports show that the majority of children/teenagers who do gambling know that it is dangerous for them[1]. The majority of them also stated that their parents prefer them not to gamble at all. I'd like to believe that if their parents are doing the same activity, the chance for children to follow them will increase regardless of what their parents tell them. The good news is less than 5% of children in the research activity are deemed as problem gamblers or at risk of being one.

[1] https://www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk/news/article/gambling-commission-publishes-new-report-on-children-and-gambling-trends

[Bitcoin_people]

Gambling and other illegal activities should never be discussed and criticized in front of young children as it can make their future life very bad. A child grows up the way he is raised when he is young and learns from what his parents teach him. That's why when you discuss gambling in front of your child, surely your child will grow up like that and he will be very interested in learning about this gambling. That's why a parent should never play and discuss gambling in front of their child as it can lead to bad future for their child.

[robelneo]

Here in our country, it's considered a crime if you let minors play or you are intentionally gambling in front of your kids, it is considered corruption of minors, and there's a fine attached to it, there are a lot of laws in our country that protect the welfare of minors, because we see minors as the future of our nation, so our lawmakers made sure that the minors are protected and all the gambling platforms here in our country like the lottery they post the sign that they do not allow minors within their premises.

[armanda90]

I remember with the best quote "like father like son", can imagine when gamble in front of children they will allow with our habit, better don't gamble in front of our children and keep minimize with computer or mobile phone desktop in front of them when position active on gambling.
Some countries, gambling is illegal activities although make it have fun only but its not good thing to show for our children, they are still on young age and better teach them good thing and as father have show them the best and good attitude for them in the future.

[Cantsay]

Gambling and other illegal activities should never be discussed and criticized in front of young children as it can make their future life very bad. A child grows up the way he is raised when he is young and learns from what his parents teach him. That's why when you discuss gambling in front of your child, surely your child will grow up like that and he will be very interested in learning about this gambling. That's why a parent should never play and discuss gambling in front of their child as it can lead to bad future for their child.

I remember a time when my little came visiting and during that time my elder sibling was still at home and he has the habit of always saying curse words – and to our surprise before my cousin left for his parents house he also started saying curse words like my elder brother did and the same can be said about gambling, we could just look at them and be like; he’s still a little kid there’s nothing he can do about it but in his mind he’s already trying to practice it and put it to the test and when he gets his hands on a device he’ll surely be interested to take a peep at a gambling site.

There are things I don’t do around kids, which include gambling, spending money lavishly and also insulting others they tend to easily pick up that kind of habit.

[Primo1760]

Gambling is a serious addiction especially those who get involved in this serious addiction cannot easily get rid of the addiction. There are many gamblers in our society who become addicted to gambling in front of small children, in this case the children are mentally attracted to those forbidden games. At some point, children imitate all these addictions in themselves in such a way that later they themselves become professional gamblers. Many school going boys in my area have become big gamblers especially those boys whose fathers have a history of gambling too. So for the time being Guardians should not be addicted to gambling in front of small children.

There are many parents who often make this mistake. In fact, young children's brains are so sharp that they can grasp anything as soon as they see it, so never gamble or engage in immoral activities in front of young children. Like your society we have many gamblers whose gambling addiction has had a severe impact on their children. So we change the nature of those who have such a nature and make our children as human beings.

[Dr.Bitcoin_Strange]

There's a saying that children learn faster, which is true, and any reasonable guidance or parents would not want to gamble so hard in their kids presence to the extent of converting the children to gamblers at a young age. Gambling is usually for people under 18+ and therefore parents should be mindful of how they expose gambling related stuffs to their kinds. 

[Altcoin1998$]

There's a saying that children learn faster, which is true, and any reasonable guidance or parents would not want to gamble so hard in their kids presence to the extent of converting the children to gamblers at a young age. Gambling is usually for people under 18+ and therefore parents should be mindful of how they expose gambling related stuffs to their kinds.

A child's intelligence develops so quickly that he learns very quickly what he sees from the environment. In particular, what a child's parents do has a 75% chance of developing in the child. If a child's parents are addicted to gambling, that child has a 100 percent chance of becoming addicted to gambling. Again, children are curiously interested in all forbidden things, especially if alcohol and beedi can be consumed in front of a child, then that child will become interested in forbidden goods. So one should not play alcohol, giza, cigarettes and cards in front of a child out of curiosity because by seeing these a child learns to master them in himself and later he becomes a full-fledged gambler.

[Yamzakid]

Gambling is a serious addiction especially those who get involved in this serious addiction cannot easily get rid of the addiction. There are many gamblers in our society who become addicted to gambling in front of small children, in this case the children are mentally attracted to those forbidden games. At some point, children imitate all these addictions in themselves in such a way that later they themselves become professional gamblers. Many school going boys in my area have become big gamblers especially those boys whose fathers have a history of gambling too. So for the time being Guardians should not be addicted to gambling in front of small children.

Gambling may occasionally ruin life, and kids learn up lessons from what they witness. To be more specific, anything that can lead to addiction is not something that parents should do in front of their kids. Examples of such things are drinking, smoking, gambling, and explicit content.


Early gambling exposure can have a number of detrimental consequences on children, including a lack of understanding of the risks of gambling addiction and difficulties controlling emotions and taking preventative measures to avoid addiction.

Nearly 200,000 Australian children under the age of 15 live in families where their parents engage in risky gambling, including nearly 60,000 who are exposed to the most severe problem gambling.

https://www.smh.com.au/national/revealed-risky-parental-gambling-affects-200-000-australian-kids-20220329-p5a8x7.html