 Unless you took them off how the chucky cheese and forgot it like how can you trust rice gum if he doesn't even remember where his shoes are? I can't you can't What is up everybody this is Chris from the Rewired Soul where we talk about the problem But focus on the solution and if you're new to my channel my channel is all about mental health And sometimes it's about addiction too But what I like to do is pull different topics from the YouTube community Trying to teach you how to improve your mental and emotional well-being so if you're into that makes you subscribe and ring that notification bell So you probably are aware of this, but Jake Paul and rice gum are caught up in a whole New gambling scam but real quick, you know, it's not a scam helping me get to 10,000 followers on Instagram So go follow me. All I want is a little swipe up feature. That's it It doesn't cost a penny, but anyways, yeah, so I first heard about this when I saw a threes video I saw a bunch of other people are talking about it. I just saw that their new PewDiePie is talking about it So I want to take this at a different angle and as you saw from the intro I got a little surprised for you So stay tuned to the end of this video because we're also gonna be talking about our responsibility as parents But anyways, those of you who don't know me I'm a recovering drug addict and alcoholic and I've worked in addiction treatment And I'm a big nerd when it comes to the science of addiction as well as mental health and all of that So one thing that we have to understand. Okay, is that children's brains are not Fully matured brains and that's what makes what's happening right now Extra scummy. Okay. So some of you who've been subscribed I talk a lot about the prefrontal cortex and how it's designed So you have the prefrontal cortex think about that as the brake system of the car Okay, and then you have the limbic system, which is like the the engine of the car Right, so the engine is what tells you to go go go go go and the prefrontal cortex is what tells you to stop Well, the prefrontal cortex doesn't develop until your mid 20s to late 20s Okay, so what happens is is that kids when they gamble? They're getting an excess flood of dopamine and their brain doesn't tell them to stop And yes, this mystery box stuff is totally gambling now when it comes to loot boxes and loot crates and things like that That is that is in a similar realm. I know I I believe it's in Australia. They've actually outlawed Loot boxes and video games because it's so much similar to gambling, but what we're seeing right now is absolutely disgusting So what I want to read to you real quick is some of the latest research that's come from the gambling Commission over in the UK So it says it is deeply concerning to learn that 55,000 11 to 16 year olds are classified as problem gamblers A number that is quadrupled in the past two years Added to that there are another 70,000 11 to 16 year olds who are considered at risk of developing a problem Compared to other potentially horrible activities the rate of gambling in the past week among young people is higher than the rates of drinking alcohol Smoking cigarettes or taking illegal drugs. This underlines the need to treat gambling in Britain as a serious public health issue Children are growing up in a very different world to the one in which their parents did the gambling Commission reports that 450,000 11 to 16 year olds are gambling on average of 16 pounds per week significantly 59% of 11 to 16 year olds have seen gambling advertisements on social media compared to Compared with 66% on television more than one in 10 11 to 16 year olds Follow gambling companies on social media and they are three times more likely to spend money on gambling of those who have ever played Online gambling style games 24% follow gambling companies online So we need to talk about this like this is insane So obviously that that was a study from Britain But there's a huge issue in the United States as well So one of the risk factors for addiction, right? Like we need to understand like addiction doesn't just happen Okay, one of the risk factors is at the age in which you start doing something. So it's not just drugs. It's not just alcohol It's not just smoking. It's also gambling because like I said since the prefrontal cortex isn't fully developed It makes young people more prone to doing that behavior One of the reasons why is because you're developing unhealthy coping skills So a lot of problem gamblers who are adults if you can imagine them They're going there and they're trying to escape their sadness so their anxiety or their anger or whatever it is And they're using that as an outlet rather than drinking or using drugs So one of the reasons I'm making this is to drop some tough love because after a three a series video I saw that Jake Paul tweeted this. That's right. Lol. Love this vid and like it is Absolutely Disgusting like what a garbage dude. Okay, like we know we now know for a fact That Jake Paul knows exactly what he's doing Especially from the nerd city follow-up video where Jake Paul goes out and teaches people how to take advantage of young people To get them to spend their money and what's even more disgusting is that throughout his video He was using trigger words that will excite young people. This is fun, man I'm gonna mystery box more often like fun and game and it's like Christmas because he knows that appeals to kids like that is Absolutely Terrible and something that makes me sad even though I'm focusing on Rice gum and Jake Paul is that I found out Zane from the vlog squad is up in this too And I'm like, oh my god, like you guys like I don't know and I'm not trying to preach and be this like Holier than thou dude. But like you guys like we need to especially as influencers We need to take more responsibility for what we're doing and what we're promoting All right, Gabby Hannah and tana just got into their whole ordeal with kinsa cosmetics And this is a thousand times worse like these are people like especially rice gum and Jake Paul They know they know for a fact that they got a young audience and they're promoting this to these kids But here's the thing We need to take responsibility as parents like I'm not gonna lie We have to take responsibility as parents as parents. We cannot sit around and just say oh, hey youtube teach my kid Do that. Oh, oh, hey girl. Go watch youtube like we gotta be heavily involved Like we don't have to spy on our kids, but we need to be active and know who they're watching I'm glad that I have an older demographic because some of you are parents Some of you will be parents and I'm glad that you understand youtube and we're talking about this And some other youtubers who have an older crowd too are talking about this to bring awareness to parents Like I want you to imagine this so my son just turned 10 years old. His birthday was on new year's eve Okay, and christmas was right before he's 10 now all he wanted was money and gift cards for christmas That's it. All right, something that he got for um his birthday was He got a cell phone too. So not only did my son just get a lot of cash But he also has a phone to access Stupid websites Like this one that is encouraging gambling through a mystery box Hypothetically without me even knowing it my son could do this now Luckily and this is what I suggest for all parents is that we have to have open dialogue with our kids We have to talk to them about what they're watching Like I don't really care too much about who my son watches as long as he understands Who is a good and a bad influence? It's the same thing that I'm doing with you Pulling out all these different youtubers. I want you to look at it And if you're watching it for pure entertainment value cool But if you are watching them to justify your own poor behavior or or poor mental health Then we need to talk about it. Okay, and that's why we need to talk to our kids about it But anyways as promised, I got a very special guest for you. And now here's my very special guest Go ahead and introduce yourself. Uh, hi. I am Dylan. How are you doing? Uh, I just turned 10. All right, let's do this. I'm his son, by the way Could I tell? You ready to watch some rice gum? Yeah. All right, let's do it Do you see what this says? This is a scam. Don't buy from it, but you're still showing it Yeah, I saw a little my buddies on twitter. He thinks that somebody uploaded this and rice gum doesn't even know it's there But hey, but let me ask you this. Do you ever watch youtube with captions on? Uh, sometimes when I don't understand or like think it's a separate word. Yeah, okay. Just curious. All right Full lightning to usb. All right, you know, I'm not into this technology stuff. I'm just gonna get this That was not nobody pooped. So here we go. We're opening this up for you about $60 So do you get get what this is saying? Yeah, basically they just want your money in there and probably every time That it's gonna give you something bad It's probably gonna give you something bad. Okay. Well, let's see rice gum. He's gonna spend his own money. Okay And he's gonna get that free poop, I bet Let's see Do you see that you can buy it and then you could sell it back to them and make a bunch of money Why does that sound good? Yeah Yeah So do you think if you spent $60 because you just got Christmas money you think you would get all that good stuff Uh, well, I want to and while I might use it, but I would like my $400 I got some converse for a hundred dollars Look, so those were $17. So he spent a hundred and he could sell them back for $17 I've gotta hurt. Yeah. So would you still do that? No, he spent another hundred dollars Look for a thousand dollars Would you keep spending a hundred dollars to try to get that? No. No, why not? Because by the time All it is it's shoes Okay, well, let's keep watching see if there's something something that you like a little bit more. Okay There's no losing in this But what if he got those other converses that were $17 isn't that technically losing It depends what you think losing is when you're doing this Well, what do you mean? Well, yeah, but if you spent a hundred dollars and you got shoes worth $17 is that losing That that is an L. All right. We don't take we don't take no L's So he spent $300. He spent $300 already Would you spend $300 trying to get a thousand dollar shoes? No. No. No, why? My money on on Stuff just like get it eventually. Yeah, you live in Las Vegas. Yeah city of gambling. Yeah Do you want to gamble? No, why not by the time I win the game? I'm gonna have the exact Maybe less money that I started with so basically just a waste of time or a waste of money Well said Like at least in fortnight, you know when you're spending money you're getting something right for a fact Yeah, yeah, you don't like spend v bucks in fortnight and not get something good You just spent a hundred dollars and got that that's pretty cool, huh? Yeah, but not for a hundred bucks That is kind of tight, but yeah, not a hundred dollars cool Why do I yo converse are cool you guys probably like converse. I don't wear converse Why do you do that? Because he's addicted to gambling doing because he's addicted to gambling. It's the rush Oh, look, he put some cool music makes you want to do it, huh? No, this is actually a good shoot, yo And here's the thing doing here's the thing that we gotta understand This dude is making millions of dollars. Yeah, so do you think a hundred dollars matters to him? No, but does a hundred dollars matter to you a lot. Do you think it a hundred dollars matters to your friends? Yeah, probably so why is this guy trying to act like a hundred dollars ain't no thing When's before christmas in your birthday when's the last time you had a hundred dollars? In april in april Yeah, yeah, so what every nine months every ten months you get a hundred dollars. Yeah, come on. Come on Two hundred forty seven dollars for that box. What's your game? Of course, I got the fidget spinner. You got a fidget spinner Like why is he acting like this is a game dylan? This is real money. Yeah, dylan. It's not like it's that's fake currency Yeah, yeah, yeah like dylan If you came up in my room and told me that you spent all your christmas money on this How do you think I would react? Maybe mad and maybe you'd be laughing He's right. I might laugh. I might be like, well, what did you learn from this if you came in here and said daddy Daddy, I spent a hundred dollars and I got a freaking fidget spinner. Yeah, I'd probably laugh We we turned everything into a teachable moment here in the bouté household Dylan, how do you lose your shoes? Unless you took them off how the chucky cheese and forgot like is that what's happening rice gum? You go into chucky cheese losing your shoes, bro. But how do you lose your shoes? Chucky cheese, don't you think you'd leave chucky cheese and be like, yo, where my shoes at? Yeah, like you think you'd go all the way home and be like, oh snap. Yo, I forgot my shoes Yeah, it's like eventually something would hurt. So would you trust a guy would you? How can you trust rice gum if he doesn't even remember where his shoes are? I can't you can't right So Dylan after watching rice gum play this mystery box game. Do you want to go spend your money on this? No, what do you want to spend your money on? V bucks V bucks, right? And stuff that I know for a fact I'm getting So if if if a bunch of kids are watching you right now, what would you tell them about this mystery box? Would you tell them to go do it? I say you shouldn't do it, but I'm not saying you can't do it You can but it's not that good of an idea. It's not that good of an idea You know what else is not a good idea taking all of your money in your piggy bank and lighting it on fire That's not a good idea either. Yeah. All right. So yeah, anyways part of this is having healthy communication with your kids So let's let's talk real quick. So basic. So do you think that's a good idea to spend hundreds of dollars? Trying to get something. No, what if what if you can get a uh, uh, a brand new xbox I already got one and even if I didn't have any I wouldn't keep spending hundreds of hundreds of dollars Just to get an xbox when you could just go to the store and get it for 350 bucks You're not spend a thousand so part of what you have to understand This is what how because we live in Las Vegas. So there's casinos obviously everywhere Those of you who haven't been to Las Vegas. I wonder do we have casinos everywhere? But we also have like slot machines inside of like gas stations and grocery stores So every company has to make money Okay So in order for a casino or mystery box in order for them to make money like like Do you think mystery box makes money if every time you put in a hundred dollars you get something back for $10,000 Would they make any money off that? Not really. No, not at all. Not at all. They would keep losing money So same thing with casinos in order for them to make money More people have to lose than win. Yeah, you see what i'm saying So all of this online betting and online gambling or mystery boxes thing They are set up to have more people lose than win. That's why they're a bad idea. Does that make sense? Yes, okay So let's imagine Let's imagine you had a bunch of fortnite skins. You know, fortnite skins are different levels and they're more expensive So like how much are like legendary skins? 2000 Okay, so imagine if you had a bunch of legendary skins and you had a bunch of you know Regular skins and everything like that and people are giving you what's the lowest skin amount? 800 800, okay or five or five bucks for a starter pack Okay, so let's say people were giving you five 500 v-bucks to get a random skin from your inventory Right in order for you to make your v-bucks Back you could barely ever give away a legendary skin, right? You see what i'm in So that's exactly the way that places like mystery box are set up. Does that make sense? So they want people to lose that's how they make their money And it's not really cool of people like rice gum and jake paul to promote sites like that, right? Because they're designed to have kids lose money. Yeah, you feel me? Yeah So you guys this is just about having conversations with your kids We can't change the youtubers out there. We can't make sure that they don't endorse crappy scam websites But what we can do is be educated about this stuff and then have a conversation with our kids about what these are So they know what to do what not to do how to stay away from stuff. All right, but anyways dylan Can you tell them to please follow me on instagram? I'll follow him on instagram I don't know what this thing is, but it might be in the link in the description It probably is it's probably on the screen right now as we're talking. You know what I mean All right, but anyways, thank you all so so much for watching Thanks to all the patreons and all of that if you're wondering why you need to buy my books Or sign up on patreon. It's because of this adorable kid this adorable little kid right here He also needs money. Yeah, I need I need money too. I need but yeah, I need I need I play fortnite too I need vbucks. Yeah, all right. Thanks so much for watching. Make sure you subscribe notification bells should they like the video Like yes, yeah, all right All that yeah, okay cool. Say bye dylan. Bye make sure to talk to your kids