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#1
11-23-2005, 05:04 PM
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Re: What to do with a Child who plays SNG\'s?
Have you considered the more serious risks you are taking. Imagine your kid starts mouthing off at school and the teacher overhears. This is a poker forum but think of the general public's view on poker and how they would feel about a 9 year old kid playing, expecially the police or social services!
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#2
11-23-2005, 05:06 PM
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Re: What to do with a Child who plays SNG\'s?
I think what you should do is sit down with a pen and paper and figure out how many hours per week a "normal" kid should engage in different activities, then figure out how many hours per week your kid is spending on different activities. Then you can figure out what activities poker is taking away from. If it's taking away from video games or car-jacking (most 9-year-olds these days spend roughly 3 hours per week car-jacking), then great. If it's taking away from homework or socialization, then that's bad. Pretty simple. Adjust his time accordingly.
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12-30-2005, 04:15 PM
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Re: What to do with a Child who plays SNG\'s?
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OMG poker is turning into chess! [/ QUOTE ] Haha, I was just going to make a post about how no one is so concerned with all the little kids who play in chess tournaments with cash entry fees and cash prizes. And chess easily can cause a kid to lose interest in other kid activities.
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#5
12-30-2005, 04:29 PM
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Re: What to do with a Child who plays SNG\'s?
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[ QUOTE ] OMG poker is turning into chess! [/ QUOTE ] Haha, I was just going to make a post about how no one is so concerned with all the little kids who play in chess tournaments with cash entry fees and cash prizes. And chess easily can cause a kid to lose interest in other kid activities. [/ QUOTE ] Holy thread bump batman!! [img]/images/graemlins/shocked.gif[/img]
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#6
12-30-2005, 04:36 PM
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Re: What to do with a Child who plays SNG\'s?
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Holy thread bump batman!! [img]/images/graemlins/shocked.gif[/img] [/ QUOTE ] Oops, I found this thread from an unrelated search and didn't think to check the date. [img]/images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img]
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#7
11-23-2005, 05:46 PM
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Re: What to do with a Child who plays SNG\'s?
1. I'm quite depressed that the guy outplaying me and raking my chips might be a nine year old boy.
2. I encourage you to encourage him not to discuss this with his teacher/principal/schoolmates. 3. I hope you've taken the time to educate him about money and bankroll management. 4. I hope you've discussed gambling addiction in great detail with him. 5. I hope you monitor his online activities very closely.
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#8
11-23-2005, 05:53 PM
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Re: What to do with a Child who plays SNG\'s?
Tell this kid to start posting on 2p2 I bet he's some kind of prodigy! Then get Daliman to teach him how to play BJ and pick up women taller then him (very important at his age). After that I'll teach him how to "take a year off" of school (Grade 4 wasn't that great anyways).
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#9
11-23-2005, 06:15 PM
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Re: What to do with a Child who plays SNG\'s?
i think this has alot more negative potential than positive. however i think it can be positive if his playing time isn't more than moderate, and there's a good context as to why/how he's playing. you're walking a fine line, but ultimately you as a parent decide if that line is positive or not, which in this case it seems like you have things under control. tell him i said good luck at the tables.
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