Teenager Gambling Addiction

@ru88en (2997)
Philippines
December 4, 2006 1:17am CST
With all the new programs on cable and local television, this negative exposure is affecting our youth. Some teenagers lives, breathes and sleeps gambling. Their grades at school are dropping and their future education is now in question. You ask yourself why? How did this happen? He was an excellent student. How do you manage teen gambling addiction?
2 responses
@platypus (334)
• Italy
4 Dec 06
teenagers are vulnerable. it is not a matter of being stupid or lazy, it is just nature. today there many more "temptations" than in the past years, and, yes, it may affect teenagers' lives. but this is the "modern society". every addiction is difficult to deal with, and it is not possible to speak in general. you need to understand the reason of that addiction, and they are different in every single case. if you cannot understand those reason, you cannot achieve permanent results. the question here becomes really really complicated, and i think that when you talk of addiction you need the help of someone specifically trained. psychologists for example, or psychanalist or whatever, but you need to solve this problem as soon as possible.
@ru88en (2997)
• Philippines
4 Dec 06
Good point. We need to understand to root of every addition in order to deal it properly. And each person is addicted from different cause.
@ru88en (2997)
• Philippines
4 Dec 06
Good point. We need to understand to root of every addiction in order to deal it properly. And each person is addicted from different cause.
@platypus (334)
• Italy
4 Dec 06
teenagers are vulnerable. it is not a matter of being stupid or lazy, it is just nature. today there many more "temptations" than in the past years, and, yes, it may affect teenagers' lives. but this is the "modern society". every addiction is difficult to deal with, and it is not possible to speak in general. you need to understand the reason of that addiction, and they are different in every single case. if you cannot understand those reason, you cannot achieve permanent results. the question here becomes really really complicated, and i think that when you talk of addiction you need the help of someone specifically trained. psychologists for example, or psychanalist or whatever, but you need to solve this problem as soon as possible.