My son is old enough that arcades are interesting to him now. I was pretty shocked to see how they have declined into shitty skinner boxes and games of chance to win tickets. That was always a factor, but is much more prominent today.
The casual acceptance of sports betting is another example of that shift. There’s probably some free marketeer who will opine that teaching children about gambling is a good thing!
Nah. Some people in it shifted, dragged a whole lot of fools with them, didn't experience a reckoning right away, and now think the air's clear. The main punishment for what they've become is being what they've become, that stigma remains whether they can see it or not. They might find themselves scratching at closed doors for undiseased sources of nourishment at some point.
I'd say that's stigma-free.
Letting kids gambling is a parental choice, but if you think it's teaching your kid a valuable lesson you are dead wrong.
I'm thinking more about games like roulette, poker, dice with chores money. maybe it would need to be in a more controlled environment, like family game night.
not exactly gambling, but I learned a great lesson from my father this way when I was about eleven or twelve. I really wanted some expensive Lego so I begged my dad to lend money to purchase it. at first he wouldn't do it, but eventually he decided it might be a good learning experience for me. I had a blast playing with that set for a month or two, but after a while it was just one more toy that I owned. it took a lot longer than that to pay him back, so I had ample time to reflect on how much it sucked to be in debt. I never asked my dad for another toy loan, and I've basically never considered borrowing money again for anything other than college.