Do You Think Responsible Gambling Should Be Taught In School?

[robelneo]

In a country where gambling is legal, and there are no regulations about age restrictions

Do You Think Responsible Gambling Should Be Taught In School to combat the young people from

Getting addicted to gambling, and do you think the school has the sole responsibility in educating the

Young one with a gambling addiction as they have the capability and knowledge about gambling

Education since they are educators.

[TomPluz]

...do you think the school has the sole responsibility in educating the young ones with a gambling addiction as they have the capability and knowledge about gambling education since they are educators?

In my perspective, educating the young people most especially students should primarily fall on the hands of the parents but the school system can help by including this in the curriculum most especially in values formation and in fact in today's era it is not just gambling that parents must be concerned about as all forms and types of vices and destructive habits are promoted all the time online and even offline, for that matter. Parents and educators should be working in partnership to sway our youth not to be trapped by gambling. Right now, it is unfortunate that the government allowed the advertising of gambling apps in national TV which should have never been allowed just like tobacco products. There is no question that modern gambling operators are targeting the young people as they are using young and popular celebrities as endorsers. I am sure that years from now we can see the many side-effects of letting these gambling options be opened to anyone with smartphone and some money to spare.

[Zed0X]

It could be done at a later stage in highschool or in college but it should be part of a bigger umbrella of Financial Education. It will be discussed along with savings, investing and smart spending.

Teaching about responsible gambling alone could backfire to some students. Instead of turning their backs, they could be more curious and try it.

[SmartGold01]

Gambling is about risk and when is included in academic calendar or as a course of study to educate the young teenage and people the overall ideas on how to go about with their gambling exercise could be a good thing to say but, even as that it would spread and increase the rate of gambling since most of them could think that since they had learned all this principle and finds themselves fits about gambling they would decided to go into gambleology (like a course to study, or as a career) which you & I knows that it's indirectly encouraging people go into it even when we knows the implication it may course to them at their later ends. In general, human Being are the most difficult elements to control and they can't abides to to all every they had learned from it at tertiary institutions.

[Gurujebs]

In a country where gambling is legal, and there are no regulations about age restrictions

Do You Think Responsible Gambling Should Be Taught In School to combat the young people from

Getting addicted to gambling, and do you think the school has the sole responsibility in educating the

Young one with a gambling addiction as they have the capability and knowledge about gambling

Education since they are educators.

Gambling is not a social life, it's an entertainment that people chose and not force and when you check the number of people that gamble, they are far less than people that don't gamble. It's not government responsibility to watch over you why you should gamble or never gamble, that's your choice and lifestyle.

If gambling is the least problem that should be thought in school, then what about good leadership? They don't teach that in school that's why society is full of politic crooks and looters under the government. What about teaching of self love so that we don't end up with society with plenty of inferiority complex and peer pressure that makes young people go into illicit activities.

Responsible gambling can only be the work of guidance and counsel, or even the parent to teach their kids so they don't start what will not end well later.

[robelneo]

The individual's character should start at home, and the school is where you learn all you need to know how to be productive and reach your goal. If gambling gets the child's attention, it will likely become a stumbling block to reaching a child's goal.

So, if gambling is legal, the school and the home should do their best to ensure that that child will not be tempted to gamble when he is in his formative years.

[Rubel007]

One can certainly appreciate if gambling is taught in places where gambling is legal. By teaching responsible gambling, I suggest teaching not about gambling but about how to control oneself in gambling. If gambling addicts are taught what changes in a person and how we can get rid of addiction, then the loss of others through this industry would be reduced. What can a gambler be like before and after gambling? In what ways can a gambler suffer? If all these things can be achieved by a gambler in advance then responsible gambling can be much easier for him. Various types of misdeeds would be reduced in the society. If boys and girls of a certain age were taught about this, there would certainly be good results.

[Rruchi man]

Do You Think Responsible Gambling Should Be Taught In School to combat the young people from

Getting addicted to gambling, and do you think the school has the sole responsibility in educating the

Young one with a gambling addiction as they have the capability and knowledge about gambling

Education since they are educators.

If you leave educating your children to only teachers in school at the end of the day your children will only know more about education and the things the government wants them to know, they will not be street smart. Educating your child or children in responsible gambling should be a personal duty because you alone will be able to do it best. Even in a state where gambling is legal do not depend on someone else to teach your child about good morals or in particular responsible gambling.

[JoyMarsha]

I believe, there will be stages that one would reach in life, it will be okay to introduce a certain thing into their life despite their age as long as they have reached a certain age bracket.

Since gambling is risky and involves money, letting the young ones learn how to gamble responsibly is ideal, but what effects are doing that since they can't provide for themselves still yet, but depend solely on their parents for feeding and clothing. Having them, know about gambling at an early stage, can change their thinking from studying more to gambling more since they can make little or no more in a week or month.

[Dr.Bitcoin_Strange]

The sole responsibility of  schools and other learning institutions is to shape the young minds and equip them with essential skills they'll mostly be needing in life, and that includes responsible decision making as well as how to prevent getting addicted.
So yes, in a country where gambling is legalized and without any age restrictions, gambling education is necessary and should be included in the school curriculum because gambling has lots of dangers and if not informed, children can easily fall into these dangers without even knowing it, so it's important to prepare their minds in time to avoid situations like that.