Comments on: Was Brandon Crisp a video game addict?

By: Charlotte

Charlotte — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 18:52:42 +0000

I think that to take away gaming is not a good decision. Kid’s response to this could be negative and will not resolve the problem. To my opinion, it is better to limit gaming time. We live in the 21st century and there are a variety of internet filtering software. The one I use is Ez Internet Timer http://www.internettimer.net It works perfectly under Vista x64.
Filters are an important part of Internet safety that all parents should consider for their children, but it’s important that parents understand that filters should be part of a broader protection strategy.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 02:17:54 +0000

The game is 17+, blame the fathers, not the game!

By: Jon

Jon — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 00:45:55 +0000

^^ If you were addicted, there'd be no doubt about it. You might not admit it to yourself or to anyone else, but deep down, you'd know.

"addicts are incapable of staying away from what ever it is that draws them so hopelessly and helplessly, chocolate, alcohol, sex, drugs, video games and the Internet itself."

Cheers!

By: theCakeisALie

theCakeisALie — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 23:59:39 +0000

but you could be addicted to anything thats not why he left his home…

I drink to much coffee maybe im addicted but im not going to leave my home when someone takes it away. This is about more than what he mat or may not have been addicted to the parents are at fault more than gaming ever was.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 23:38:16 +0000

I do not agree. I think it is quite feasible for someone to get addicted to a game and people aged 15 may be more likely to become victims than some other age groups becuase they are more exposed. I have a child I have to watch closely or she would be on there all day. Someone who has a tendency towards becomign addicted is automatically more at risk.

By: theCakeisALie

theCakeisALie — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 23:33:09 +0000

I wouldn’t call gaming necessarily ‘unhealthy’ behavior.

The parents in this case simply didn’t understand their child!
They even think he was addicted to it, I think the gaming was but one of the issues these parents couldn’t quite understand about their child. He could have had depression for years perhaps before he even saw a video game. I think the commentary about taking away the kids video game should have never made it to a single headline, because really this isn’t about video games its about parents who just dont understand their childs generation.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 22:23:52 +0000

I have as a parent taken away my childrens privilages as a disciplinary measure as well, however, this child was not playing a game and keeping up with a social life/grades etc (if you are to believe the parents). I dont believe either that the game is to blame. Unfortunetly at that time in that childs mind it was everything to him and one has to wonder why that would be.If as a parent you see your child completely and utterly engaging in unhealthy behaviour /addiction that would not the time to help him pack and call his bluff! !

By: Anon

Anon — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 16:29:33 +0000

Its the kid’s own fault, he ran off without the proper clothes, its his own fault if he froze to death. But that is because He loved his xbox to death

By: Dreddsnik

Dreddsnik — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 15:03:31 +0000

I posted this in the other thread, it belongs here too …

The game is not even remotely an issue.
Every year, many kids run away for MANY reasons, sometimes with tragic results.
The parents aren’t necessarily to blame.
An inanimate object such as a game ( in this instance ), or a Bicycle, or a baseball card collections,
or any of a thousands other things that a parent may take away as a disciplinary measure.

As a parent myself I have taken away gaming, tv , internet, and other such things as
disciplinart measures.

Many parents have.

There is no ‘blame’ to go around here.
Only sadness and regret at a terrible loss.

The notion that the game has anything to do with this at all is just nonsense and sensationalism.

The only reason someone will use it as an excuse is for political gain or self aggrandization.