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10-yr-old commits suicide after parental ban on computer games
(7 Comments)A 10-year-old school boy committed suicide by jumping from his 19th floor apartment here after his parents banned him from playing computer games.
Andrei Smirnov, a class three student, jumped to his death yesterday after receiving the wrath of his parents due to bad conduct in school and a poor performance in studies.
The boy's class teacher had written remarks about his bad conduct in the school diary which he had tried to erase to escape the wrath of his parents, according to Komsomolskaya Pravda tabloid.
Angered by the teacher's remarks and their son's attempt to deceive them, Andrei's parents banned him from playing games on his computer.
Local experts here have expressed concern over the unhealthy dependence of children on computers.
According to Director of Centre for Legal Psychological Assistance Mikhail Vinogradov, children who are banned from using their computers could easily resort to suicide, since they do not realise the consequences of taking the extreme step.
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Yes, that's right, blame the games. Ignore everything else.
"jumped to his death yesterday after receiving the wrath of his parents due to bad conduct in school and a poor performance in studies."
WRATH - there's your clue.
Jack Thompson is gonna have fun with this one.
-Soul
Posted by: SoulRiser
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Pfft. Exactly. No no, the kid is to blame. They always are. They have no rights. End of story. :)
Comment by youvebeenthunderstruck — October 8, 2007 @ 12:00 AM
WRATH..SUICIDE..PARENTS...HMMMM YEP IT WAS THE GAMES
Comment by THE END — October 9, 2007 @ 12:00 AM
Yep blame the video games.
Comment by Heart of Shadows — October 10, 2007 @ 12:00 AM
omg, i think i might have just about lost all my faith in humanity after reading this
Comment by Darthmat — October 10, 2007 @ 12:00 AM
Blame the games. Ignore everything else. This seriously is starting to make me want to make me declare idependency, and start my own country. :-) But seriously, soceity is crappy.
Comment by XplodingNoggin — October 12, 2007 @ 12:00 AM
Darthmat: Took you long enough :P
Damn. That'll teach parents to stop keeping computers from their children, oh wait...
Comment by CrayolaColours — June 30, 2009 @ 12:25 AM
the games are to blame. sure. lets forget, that most people live to see the next day becuase of the internet.
Comment by Hidden Flame — July 8, 2009 @ 12:10 AM