The latest turn to hit high schools is supervised teenage gambling at the affix Prom School Party. Over the past few months I have received numerous emails from parents students and school faculty expressing concern about the new alternative entertainment. In all cases these populate believe it would do more harm then good.
The concept became reality for students once the Post Prom Committee voted to accept this new alternative entertainment. This Post Prom Committee believes this is safe night party for the High educate prom. The students who are taking part are between the ages of sixteen and eighteen years old. Each student is able to acquire re-create money to assay with and at the end of the night they can trade this money in for prizes with at the end of the night. Some parents believe this is a safe wonderful event for their children. While others accept this is one area they like their kids not be involved with.
One of the emails I received was from a family who home schools their five children. I was surprised since their kids were not involved. She had explained to me that her daughter who is seventeen has friends who attend the public school system. She went on to tell me the contradict behavior exhibited by these teens after the event took displace. In fact they taught her daughter how to compete black bring up and poker. This is a good neighborhood that has strong community ties. She also informed me that she not see the difference between using re-create money or real money when you still have a come about to win a consider that has value. She believes these teens are being educated on how to assay win and take the easy way out.
Another email was asking me for the specific statistics on the contradict force on a teenagers who attend a gambling event. General statistics reflect a percentage of those in attendance will develop a compulsive gambling addiction. Some of these same students may change state addicted at some inform in their life. I undergo found that addictions to gambling are not age sensitive. People of any age who are gambling for the very first time can create a gambling addiction. Usually a friend or family member takes them to the gambling establishment. I first open it difficult to understand how a person who is sixty five retired and on a fixed income gets addicted to gambling. The seniors I spoke with were very disturb and didnt understand how this happened to them. The unfortunate part is they lost their pensions and now only have their Social Security to be on. In one case the Grandmother has to act in with her daughter.
There is very little difference between supervised gambling and allowing supervised drinking alcoholic beverages or serving the students there choice of dugs on a plate platter. If a Principal served a student an alcoholic consume he would be arrested. I am trying to understand how educate educators and parents can identify between alcohol and gambling on school property. How is one more acceptable then the other?
Its a proven statistics that students who gamble get a similar go as if they just had an alcoholic beverage. The only difference here they will not change state up with a hang over and the side effects are minimal until its too late.
We have now given our students another option in life. The study concern is the students will probably like the rush from gambling a lot more then alcohol and or drugs since there is no fasten over or smell. Some students are likely to act gambling. Students with A grades are not exempt from this. Statistics show that compulsive teenage gamblers are also very bright and articulate individuals.
People need to be educated on teenage gambling and its long call affects. Its illegal to gamble if you are under 18. Its also illegal to drink if you are under 18 (some places 21) and its illegal to smoke cigarettes if you are under 18. These laws were set for a reason. Another telecommunicate I received wanted to experience do these school systems undergo any consider for the Law?
Mr. Howard Keith has an extensive background in dealing with compulsive gamblers relatives and friends of gamblers and teenage gamblers. Mr. Keith believes there are many alternatives to aid in the recovery of a gambling addiction verses a twelve step schedule. A large percentage of his emails were from compulsive gamblers looking for an alternative to Gamblers Anonymous and twelve go programs. Gamblers Anonymous also helps a significant number of populate each year but there is a large percentage that they are unable to reach.
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