My Everything 23,397 Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 A 9-year-old girl in the United Kingdom was sent to rehab after she wet herself while refusing to stop playing the popular video game 'Fortnite'. The unidentified girl reportedly downloaded the game after she received an Xbox One in January and quickly became hooked. "She was so hooked to the game she wouldn’t even go to the toilet," the girl’s mother told the Sunday People. "My husband saw her light on in the night and found her sitting on a urine-soaked cushion playing the game." The parents said their daughter started showing aggressive behavior after becoming hooked on the game. She would fall asleep in school and becoming aggressive with her peers. The parents also said they discovered charges amounting to $67 a month to Microsoft on the family’s credit card statement. After the girl’s father tried to take away the Xbox, she reportedly slapped him across the face for attempting to withdraw the console. "Over the last two months I’ve been Âcontacted by dozens of parents with children as young as 8 showing signs of addiction to "Fortnite,'" Steve Pope, a counselor, told the Mirror. "I urge every parent out there to know what this game can do, how it sucks young children in and could ruin lives," the girl’s mother said. http://www.fox5ny.com/news/girl-9-sent-to-rehab-for-fortnite-addiction#/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaitoh 1,457 Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 It's not the game fault, parents these days don't say "no" to their children so this is what happens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reipaca 4,666 Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 I-- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAMZES666 1 Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 That's nasty but they should've monitored her more before this even became a problem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monamitzu 364 Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 i know this game from sakura miyawaki, and just played for 2 day and i get bored yes the parent must be strict , and make a schedule when to play and study, i start play game while i was 15 yo at least i know how to difference between time to play and time to stop playing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aespa 829 Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 Gosh, I tutor younger students and I've heard of this kind of thing so many times. And what shocks me the most is that the parents never even consider the fact that it could be their own faults! So many of them phone call me to ask about how their children are doing, which eventually turns into a full-on rant about their children playing games until midnight (like, why tell me??? lol). There have been perfectly normal, smart children with bright personalities which have ended up having to go to psychiatrists (at 11 years old!!) because of this kind of thing. It's saddening, really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pocket Hyung 3,962 Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 It's not the game fault, parents these days don't say "no" to their children so this is what happens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monraine 1,610 Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 she slapped her father??? at nine years old?? parent's don't know how to raise their kids anymore, that's the actual problem, not the "addictiveness" of the game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hlynb93 476 Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 This is the most RIDICULOUS thing I've ever read! She's acting aggressively because she's clearly sleep deprived from playing this stupid game all night long, and her idiotic parents don't know how to say no. If I dared to slap one of my parents at that age(or any age really), my ass would have hurt for the next 3 decades. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Noire 200 Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 sounds like a kpop fan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edelgard 4,845 Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 yikes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delirium 4,237 Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 and now that WHO made video game addiction a classification, this is probably going to happen, more. It's like raising your child is a crime but shipping them off to boarding schools, addiction programs, detention centers and juvie are perfectly normal. Yay progress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BTS PAVED THE WAY 1,696 Posted June 23, 2018 Share Posted June 23, 2018 Fortnite is a shit game.. I'm unistalling today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purpletulips 132 Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 i know this game from sakura miyawaki, and just played for 2 day and i get bored yes the parent must be strict , and make a schedule when to play and study, i start play game while i was 15 yo at least i know how to difference between time to play and time to stop playing Same lol I watched Sakura played and downloaded it yesterday Kept dying whenever I encounter anyone at all so it gets old real quick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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