This article discusses how 2 couples who met via online married each other and knew nothing about child bearing the woman did not know when her baby was due until her water broke.
In Internet gaming, they were masters of all they encountered, swashbuckling adventurers exploring mythical lands and slaying monsters. Every evening, the couple, Kim Yun-jeong and her husband, Kim Jae-beom, 41, left their one-room apartment for an all-night Internet cafe where they role-played, often until dawn. Each one raised a virtual daughter, who followed them everywhere, and was fed, dressed and cuddled — all with a few clicks of the mouse.
On the morning of Sept. 24 last year, they returned home after a 12-hour game session to find their actual daughter, a 3-month-old named Sa-rang — dead, shriveled with malnutrition.
This is just one story of many more about this type of neglect and how people use the internet to escape real life. I encourage all of you to read the full article and post your opinions below.
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I find this very disturbing and sad that a couple neglected raising their own child, to go and play on the internet with a virtual family. This is internet addiction at its extreme! I wonder if they feel sorry after this occurred and if their addiction to the internet will change at all.
ReplyDeleteI find it interesting that some adults in South Korea (and MANY other countries, I'm sure)immerse themselves in such a virtual reality when they are feeling alienated. Although playing online games with people from distant locations may give these individuals a sense of belonging--communication technologies such as online gaming communities often further alienate people from normal social circles.
ReplyDeleteOnline gaming is like any other vice--it should be done in moderation. Not all online gaming is bad or should be shunned. The article mentioned a gentlemen who owned a swim suit shop with his wife and gamed at night. His online gaming brought in $2400 - enough to pay his shop's rent in the off-season.
Perhaps the couple thought that they only had to feed their daughter three times a day because that is what their virtual child required? I hope that the woman (who is 7 months pregnant again) gets parenting courses while in counseling. She obviously needs some serious psychological help as well as parental and job training.
Another heartbreaking case where a baby dies while the parent is busy playing a game on Facebook.
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Yes we agree with all of you guys. These are all very sad cases. I hope they take her second baby away from her and give it to someone who is deserving and can take care of it.
ReplyDeleteThanks everyone for the comments :)