Gaming Addict Strangles Toddler

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Here's a story full of holiday cheer: A Korean woman, who'd just finished a four-hour social gaming session when her 3-year-old urinated on the floor, strangled the toddler and left his body to decompose in the home for three days.

How many of these kinds of stories are we up to for 2010? There are at least these two, but I feel like I've read at least a dozen.

In this one, the 27-year-old mother is said to have been tending virtual pets and cards in a four-hour gaming session when the toddler began crying and urinated on the floor. That provoked the beating and the strangulation; the body was left in the home for three days, and it was found by her horrified in-laws.

The woman has another child, who is one; their home in Cheonan, about 50 miles south of Seoul, was described by neighbors as a trash dump, where her two children were left crying for hours. The woman would regularly clock 10 hours at the computer playing these games. In this instance, a police investigator said she told cops she'd finished four hours at the computer, was going to take some rest from her virtual activities, and became enraged by her toddler's disturbance.

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I agree with the editor, there are too many of these stories this year.
 
Those poor kids never had a chance in life. I know that some people play games as a way to escape from reality, but is it an excuse to neglect their own parental responsibilities? I think not. The parents should be held accountable for not taking care of their own children.
 
This is sad. How could a mother ignore her responsibilities in order to continue gaming. I could understand that she would want to take a break from life, but her actions should never interfere or have a negative impact on the lives of others. I really feel bad for the children.
 
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