The following questions were raised by parents
regarding the local school gambling event:
1. Has the school systems educated themselves to guarantee that
gambling is equal to arts and crafts?
2. If one student develops a gambling addiction will the school system
compensate the family for the negative affects on their
teenager?
3. Will the school system cover all medical expenses if needed?
4.
Should the post prom committee be legally responsible if just one
student becomes addicted to gambling?
5. What does the law state?
6. What’s happening to our children’s future?
7. How I can tell my kid he can’t go when all his friends are going?
8.
Is there something wrong with me, because I disagree with the school
system?
9. How can I write a letter to the school board when my son may find
out it was me objecting to the gambling
event?
As a parent when you find out it’s your child who has the gambling
addiction, what are you going to do? From a majority of
the emails I receive, parents question and ask. “How did
this happen to my teenager? I am a good parent.”
Just as you have to take the time to talk to your children about,
protective sex, drugs and alcohol you now have to
explain the effects of gambling.
Teenagers who grow up in a house where their parents are active
gamblers are more likely to gamble too. A school event
puts a stamp of approval on gambling.
Parents have asked for statistical proof that the upcoming post prom
gambling party will have a negative effect on their
teenagers. I gave the parent specific examples of real
situations. This was not sufficient for the prom
committee. They wanted to know what percentage? And
how many students will be negatively affected by this
event?
I haven’t
been in high school for twenty years. I am amazed by
the current events in our school systems.
The
following was never heard of when I was in high school:
1.
Teenage gambling addiction
2.
Gambling at the post prom party
3.
Teachers sleeping with students
4.
Students shooting students on school grounds
5.
Gambling on school grounds before and after class
6.
Teenagers addicted to the Computer
7.
Teenagers addicted to video games
8.
Protective Sex
9.
911
Before I
wrote this article I had fewer questions. The more you
look into this subject matter more questions come up.
Should gambling in schools be eliminated if the local
law states no one under eighteen can gamble?
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