Recently in the news across the USA there have been several reports of parents leaving their children locked in their cars, while the parents sit in a casino and gamble.
A great way to interrupt this from happening would be to legalize on-the-internet gambling so that parents that can not afford a baby sitter will not do something as stupid as locking a small child in a car alone for several hours.
Another solution would be for the casino industry to take responsibility of the people they lure in with promises of riches beyond belief. If the casinos all offered 24 hour free daycare for all casino players those parents who are so far gone in their addiction will not have to make the decision of what to do with their children, they can just take them to the casino and let them be watched after in the casinos daycare centers.
As well as producing sure children are not being neglected by their parents or legal guardians, the children in their care can be checked for signs of abuse and any parent that brings a child regularly to the casino can be talked to about gambling addiction.
Please do not get me wrong I feel the parents should be the ones taking responsibility for their kids, but gambling addiction is a disease, and at least this would give a way for the government to monitor parents gambling habits, and to give them with help if they need it.
Besides being the right move for the casinos to make for its own civic duty, it makes good business sense. If the casinos offer such a service they open themselves up to single parents that could use a less time for several adult fun, and by producing the day care 24 hours a day there is no think why a parent would leave their kid at home instead of at the casinos free daycare.
The parents could relax and have a less fun with the knowledge that their kids are being taken good care of.
This is not a new concept there are several casinos in Las Vegas that offer day care. These centers offer children of different ages fun things to do, e.g. all the fashionable videos, and games fro kids. This will appeal to people with kids. The parents get to gamble and have several adult fun and the kids get to do fun kid stuff.
By doing this the casinos will get more business and they are doing the responsible thing for their customers with gambling problems. I understand that the casinos are a business, but they should make sure that several of their less responsible gamblers do not put their children's lives in harm just to make an extra few dollars in a multi billion dollar a year industry
If enough people recommend this to their local casinos and state officials, casinos could be required by law to give child care when they are open.
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