Nine-year-old girl placed into rehab for her Fortnite addiction

TechSpot ^ | 06/10/2018 | Rob Thubron

[BenLurkin]

The Mirror reports that the girl’s parents bought her an Xbox One in January and she downloaded Fortnite. But by mid-March she was showing signs of addiction. "We got called in by her head ­teacher asking if ­everything was OK. She had fallen asleep twice in lessons and her grades were slipping," said mother Carol.

"When we asked our daughter what the ­problem was, she became unusually ­argumentative and aggressive, which we just put down to her hormones."

The family also started noticing regular payments of £50 ($67) per month on their credit card, which the daughter said could be from some extras she’d paid for on Fortnite. When they confiscated the console, the girl reportedly hit her father in the face.

[daniel1212]

Yeah, whatever. The kid in question here though, obviously had more problems than ‘addiction’ to playing. It sounds like they were spoiled and didn’t care about their schooling. The parent’s failed again and can’t control her... so they stick the government or private medical facility with helping her.

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When they confiscated the console, the girl reportedly hit her father in the face.

[discostu]

Random positive reinforcement. Long known to be the most powerful behavior changer.

[discostu]

Anybody that knows what a Pavlovian response is should know the risks.

[discostu]

The actual rules of Monopoly are to set a time limit and total all assets when that time limit is reached. Nobody plays that way though, which is why so many people hate Monopoly, playing until only 1 player isn’t bankrupt takes forever and is boring.