Korean "parents" neglect real child for virtual one


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http://gamepolitics.com/2010/03/04/korean-parents-neglect-real-child-virtual-one

The South Korean parents of a three-month old allegedly fed their gaming habits obsessively while neglecting their daughter, who effectively starved to death.

The 41-yeard old husband and his 25-year old wife, identified only as ?the Kims,? spent up to 12 hours every night at Internet caf?s playing games, according to a story on ABC. The couple came home one morning last September, after spending the whole night out, and alerted authorities upon finding their daughter deceased.

An autopsy revealed that the baby?s death came about from malnourishment. The Kims subsequently confessed that they had been feeding their daughter ?rotten, powdered milk and had often spanked their crying baby.?

In a sinister bit of irony, officials reported that instead of taking care of their real child, who was born prematurely, the couple was infatuated with raising a virtual daughter in the massively multiplayer online game PRIUS.

The article also features a quote from Dr. Kim Sang Eun, of Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, who believes game addiction is a brain disease. She stated, ?there's no certain clinical indicator to define 'game addiction' but our study shows that brain PET [scan] images of suspected online game addicts are very similar to that of a cocaine addict.?

The parents were arrested on Wednesday.

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As sad as it is, that poor child is better off not being here. R.I.P. little one, you didn't deserve it.

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If they were living at the wife's parents house then what were the girls grandparents doing while they were neglecting this baby?

R.I.P to the little girl.

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Taking a page from all the anti-religious people in the other baby that was starved to death thread: Stupid gamers; this is why games should be banned.

Drugs are illegal, yet people still manage to get and use them, and stuff like this happens. Banning games isn't going to solve anything.

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Drugs are illegal, yet people still manage to get and use them, and stuff like this happens. Banning games isn't going to solve anything.

It was a facetious comment.

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i know it's terrible saying this, but this thread has made me laugh with the comments here and the use of "parents" in the title. as for the topic at hand, i am disgraced and disgusted to be counted in the community of gamers with these cretins.

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They were too busy taking care of an internet baby to take care of their baby.

What the hell is wrong with some people?

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wow. very sad.

if i have a baby, i would quit gaming all together.

Because it would be impossible to manage both?

Let's not get too carried away, shall we :rolleyes:

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Because it would be impossible to manage both?

Let's not get too carried away, shall we :rolleyes:

for a new born ya. i would probably be very tired after taking care the baby and want some sleep. no time for gaming.

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wow. very sad.

if i have a baby, i would quit gaming all together.

Sometimes when you have a little one you need to game to unwind a bit. You can't focus 100% of your attention on them 100% of the time. The key is priorities. The real baby comes first. When you get some "me" time, you take it and game.

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for a new born ya. i would probably be very tired after taking care the baby and want some sleep. no time for gaming.

My sig and my happy, smart, growing, healthy, almost one-year-old boy are testament that that's not true, just have to have priorities in line. And realize that sleep is for the weak.

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what is wrong with some of these ppl, some of these asian/eastern games seem to get lost in games

its no wonder why countries are banning such games :(

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Taking a page from all the anti-religious people in the other baby that was starved to death thread: Stupid gamers; this is why games should be banned.

Pretty much this; Stupidity is a HUMAN trait, not something brought upon by X reason - that's merely an arbitrary catalyst.

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Pretty much this; Stupidity is a HUMAN trait, not something brought upon by X reason - that's merely an arbitrary catalyst.

Wait, guns and religion aren't to blame? Stop spewing this common sense, it's not wanted.

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The thing is... I've seen first-hand how these kind of people are via my roommate. They are addicted and don't see much of the real-world. Sure, they may go out on occasion, but if you can spend hours and hours and hours playing games, putting schoolwork and social activites below it, then theres a problem

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