Mom Calls Cops over Son's Game Addiction

[zipzoomflyhigh]

So why doesn't she just take the console away? I mean how can he be addicted to a game and playing at 2:30am if he doesn't have it?
Too stupid to take the game away and waste taxpayers money by calling the police. Idiot.

 

[lowguppy]

whereas young males see games as a means of gaining social acceptance.

Ah how times have changed.

 

[oren]

[citation][nom]arvedui[/nom]...and understand that nothing in excess is good.[/citation]

I can think of one thing where excess is good and helps keep the adult relationship of the household intact. It is unfortunate that U.S. society demonizes it so much.

 

[Platypus]

Gaining social acceptance? Yeah, this kid stayed up until 2:30am to play a single-player game so he could be accepted by others.

Come on. Kids play these games because they're fun as hell!

 

[nachowarrior]

smack the little shit in the back of the head. That'll get his attention.

 

[dmwright]

“Clearly, it’s a very, very rare situation for someone to call the cops. That she went to the extreme of calling the police tells me more about her level of frustration than anything else,”

As a single mother of 4, and trying to provide for them, I'm guessing she is at her breaking point. Stress, Tiredness, Work (current recession, etc..).

I'm just glad she decided to call the cops, as some past experiences have shown mothers/fathers killing their kids because they can't handle the stress.

 

[Onyx2291]

She just really needs to get the kid to get his priorities straight. I can play wow til... well through out the night and morning if I want. I'm not even tired, but when it gets to 3am, I know I should get to bed just because.

 

[seriousazn]

Well I guess she forgot the good ol' five across the eyes