Tag: kavita fischer

  • Your Child Is Already Gambling. You Just Haven’t Been Told Yet.
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    Your Child Is Already Gambling. You Just Haven’t Been Told Yet.

    Many parents have questions about whether their child is gambling. I have two perspectives on this, and neither lets me sleep well. One is professional. I’m a child and adolescent psychiatrist. I understand how developing brains learn reward, risk, and self-control. Adolescence is a period when reward sensitivity and sensation-seeking peak while cognitive control is…