What you can do
- Discuss how money staked on a bet can be lost. Ask what your child thinks when an advert shows winnings or offers a bonus.
- Review how to stop access and further payments on the devices and accounts your child uses. Check the settings you choose on your child’s device.
- If your child is trying to win back lost money, help stop further payments and seek advice. An agreement in Sprout does not block a website or payment.
Avoid
- Listen first, without blaming or shaming your child.
- Do not forward private messages, intimate images or explicit screenshots.
- No app can protect against everything. Do not promise that it can.
For parents
Make clear that your child can get help even if they have broken an agreement.
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- Make clear that your child can get help even if they have broken an agreement.
- Ask what happened without pushing for every detail.
- Help end contact if needed and find someone you can ask for advice.