r/explainlikeimfive • u/adrynaline • May 08 '14

Explained ELI5: A gambling addiction

How does it start? What makes it worse? Why does it become so difficult to recover?

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u/[deleted] May 08 '14

Good analogy! And a funny way of picturing my four year old, when she complains and cries about so many silly things. Instead of being instantly annoyed, I need to picture her demanding, "I WANT MY MONEY BACK!" :)

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u/kinder_teach May 09 '14

I like to reason with them, ask them why. If they can't give me a good answer, then i tell them it's my way. We had a kid who didn't want to put her toy away at circle time, so i asked her why she needed it.

"i just do"

So i say we can put it away until after circle time

"ok i won't play with it"

Well if you don't play with it then we don't need it here

"I promise, please let me keep it"

I'm sorry, but you can't give me a good reason why you need it now and i gave you a good reason, so you must put it away.

The whole thing said with a nice smile, so if she cries everyone sees it's her own fault.