DO NOT LET THIS HAPPEN TO YOUR CHILD! STOP YOUR ADDICTION NOW!
http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/03/07/south.korea.baby.dead/
UPDATE...South Korean university professor urges government to take action about online game addiction!!!
http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/03/05/korea.baby.starved/
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proud ex WOW raider (proud of the EX part that is!)
This is truly one of the most tragic stories I have heard of late, simply unthinkable. :( It is just sickening that people could ever let things go that far. I wonder if the baby was left at home alone while they were gaming, seems to me she must have been because you'd think that if she had been left with another adult, one would hope they would have stepped in. What a tragedy.
"Thorns and thistles are the way we grow. A baby eagle won't leave the nest until its mother removes the feathered bed. Not until those sharp branches poke the little eaglet does it get motivated to grow to the next level." Patrick M Morley (from one of his books)
Yeah that is sad ,and tragic.
"It's all in your mind...Whatever you hold in your mind will tend to occur in your life.If you continue to believe as you have always believed,you will continue to act as you have always acted.If you continue to act as you have always acted,you will continue to get what you have always gotten.If you want different results in your life or your work,all you have to do is change your mind." Anonymous...
I agree that this is a sad and tragic story. FYI, this topic is also discussed in the Couple Let Baby Starve thread.
- John O.
[em]Carpe Diem![/em] (Seize the Day!)
Actually, I was thinking about this and recently watched an excellent documentary/show on Frontline on my local PBS station. It was all about gaming, addictions and such and most is based on South Korea. The school system/govt there actually has "camps" they send teenagers to to try and rid them of their addictions and get back to more "normal" things.
I think I'm meant to insert some sort of warning to recovering gamers because there is filming of screens with games being played and the overal subject matter.
If you watch the whole thing, you won't be disappointed. I'm still trying to figure out how they have it set up online as I watched it on tv but I think it was a couple hours long?
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/digitalnation/virtual-worlds/internet-addiction/one-game-too-many.html
Anyway, just thought I'd pass it along for anyone interested. Given the update about the professor urging govt to make a change in S. Korea and what they are already doing for some chidren, I'm hopeful that perhaps they will do something.
"Thorns and thistles are the way we grow. A baby eagle won't leave the nest until its mother removes the feathered bed. Not until those sharp branches poke the little eaglet does it get motivated to grow to the next level." Patrick M Morley (from one of his books)
I think they have only put clips online. The show was called Digital Nation. I recorded it at the time but haven't finished watching it.
"Small service is true service while it lasts. Of humblest friends, bright creature! scorn not one
The daisy, by the shadow that it casts,
Protects the lingering dewdrop from the sun." -------William Wordsworth
Thanks for sharing the links absalom and shattereddreams!
The more we read and learn about gaming addiction, the easier it becomes to change our mindset and convince ourselves that gaming is a bad thing for us.
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