Do I need to worry about my teenager's gambling?

Do I need to worry about my teenager's gambling?

Marc Kern (Addiction Expert, Director of Addiction Alternatives) gives expert video advice on: How big of a problem is gambling addiction?; What causes addictive gambling?; When addicted gamblers are losing, do they actually believe they'll win? and more...

Absolutely you have to worry about your teenager's gambling. Absolutely! Our society is endorsing gambling like nobody's business. Every state has a new lottery system. Everybody is trying to finance their latest highway project with another form of gambling. We are passing on to our youth, through the media, that it's okay to go out for the quick fix, the instant win. The mechanics of our high tech world support this whole concept. Google something and you can have what you want and it very much is being filtered down to our youth. It's going to be interesting to see how they handle it, because no one is educating people about gambling and there's even a sort of quiet denial by our society that we're even doing these things to our youth. So yes, I would be worried about your teenager's gambling.