Lessons about risks of gambling piloted in British schools

Thinktank trials scheme to teach children about problems that can ‘wreak havoc on people’s lives’

Lessons about the risks of gambling have been trialled in secondary schools in an attempt to address high levels of gambling among school-age children. Around 25,000 children in the UK are currently classed as problem gamblers, with one recent survey finding that one in six 11-to-15-year-olds admitted to gambling in the last week.

Yet according to the cross-party thinktank Demos, gambling is rarely included in the school curriculum, which routinely teaches about the dangers of other risky behaviours including alcohol, drugs and sex.

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from Children | The Guardian http://ift.tt/2FCCeb5