Child commits suicide after being denied video games
By Jonathan Schlaffer
When denied video games by their parents, most children scream “I hate you!” and run off to their rooms and sulk a bit. It seems that’s not the case with a 10 year old child in Moscow, who received bad marks in his school work and as a result was denied playing video games by his parents.
He had not only received bad marks but was also known for bad behavior in class. Denial of video games is, by all rights, appropriate punishment and I’m sure no one thought that it would lead to his jumping from his 19th floor apartment to his death.
I’m pretty certain that there had to be other things that were wrong in his life and it’s possible that denial of video games just pushed him over the edge but I cannot be sure of that.
Director of Centre for Legal Psychological Assistance Mikhail Vinogradov told Signs of the times,
Children who are banned from using their computers could easily resort to suicide, since they do not realize the consequences of taking the extreme step.
I don’t necessarily agree with that but I do know that 10 years old is too young to make many decisions, this being one of them that no 10 year old should ever ever consider.
I’m sure there are some people out there that will blame the game but the only question that is on my mind is “where were the parents?”
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July 21st, 2008
My only question is this. What game was it? It very well may be worth it. If my parents denied me of something like Resident Evil 4, or the new GTA. Metal Gear solid 4, Empire Earth 2. I’d probably not only jump off the 19th floor, but the 23rd floor! Hell, even for Naruto, or Capcom Vs SNK I’d jump off the 10th. This story hardly analyzes the severity of the issues.
September 30th, 2008
Justin Huggins, not only r u mental, u gotmore issues than normal people. Those r just games
November 26th, 2008
Someone needs to delete the first comment. That’s very innappropriate…making fun of the situation like that. sick.
March 20th, 2009
Noone should even think about suicide when a little thing like that happens. I mean come on. He would of got his games back when he was good and it isn’t the end of the point in living. My opinion is that he must of had depression to even think of doing something like that. He was being bad in class which was another depression sign. Depression can effect any age group. Noone thinks of suicide for nothing. The person is right… Where were the parents and why didn’t they try talking to the child? My opinion so please don’t be nasty to me.
August 31st, 2009
Flame me all you want, but I’m not the only person who feels this is natural selection at its finest.