Dear Ann Landers,
My wife and I recently returned from a vacation in Nevada. As senior citizens, we enjoy the entertainment and wonderful food the gaming casinos provide for their customers. What troubled us greatly was the lack of attention given children by their parents. Very late one evening, we observed two preteen girls asking for money in exchange for pressing the floor button for adults riding the elevator. Another time, we observed a child, about 8 years old, walking through the casino alone, drinking leftover alcoholic beverages. We live in dangerous times. While security personnel are there to help, they cannot do everything. Please tell those parents who ignore their children that while they entertain themselves, they are gambling with something far more precious than money.

Dear North Hollywood Seniors,
Children under age 21 should not be allowed in gaming casinos, and many establishments prohibit them from entering. Most hotels provide baby-sitters for young children, which makes more sense than bringing them to gaming rooms, where they are easily bored and forced to stay up long past their bedtime. Parents who want a real vacation should leave the children home with a reliable family member or a paid adult.