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Mother FEEDS her video-game addicted
son who refuses to step away from
his screen for 48 hours
By Ellie Pegollo
Here depicts a mother desperate to get her child home.
The child remains glued in his seat, with a thousand-yard
stare in his eyes, overlooking a void. The post was made as
a mother’s desperate attempt to bring her child home. It
has been two days since the child went home, overtly
hooked on playing Rules of Survival. From what used to be
a mild interest for the child, has become an addiction.
In the video, the child appears to disregard his mother's
pleas to stop— continuously looking at his screen,
inattentive. Not only is this taking a toll on himself and his
health, but also on his mother, dying with endless worry
because she is unable to put him off his vices. It resulted in
his mother force-feeding his sustenance. Beforehand,
they’ve taken greater action, at some point the child was
dropped out of school because of how debilitating the
addiction was (Ross Ibbetson, 2019).
Some had found hilarity in this post despite how grave it is.
Addiction to social media and video games is often
overlooked and normalized because of its relatability when
in reality, it's supposed to be something frowned upon. This
fixation should not be tolerated because of the effects it
can have in the long run.
Internet addiction is something serious and as long as we
grow dependent on technology, the harder it would be to
wear down. We should start unplugging from our
computers when we have the chance to— have a social
media detox and simply interact with people outside our
screens before we grow accustomed to it.
According to Statista (2022), the average Filipino user
spends 10.27 hours surfing the internet, daily.
According to We Are Social and Hootsuite (2021), the
average Filipino user spends 4 and 15 minutes on social
media alone.
It was reported that the Philippines led in internet
usage in 2021 and 2019.
Courtesy of Bart Lachica
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