Parenting - Brandon Crisp
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Probably not gonna be a huge issue considering the news of the election but I thought this was an interesting topic that I would presume not fall into a typical partisan discussion. I will summarize the story with news article posted below.
A few weeks ago - 15 yr old Brandon Crisp threatened to run away from home because his parents felt he was spending too much time playing xbox. His dad called his threat and offered to help him pack. He left home and a search for him began almost immediately. Microsoft (who makes xbox) offered up reward money and co-operated with investigators aiming to question online gamers Brandon played with. Today they found his body.
I feel horribly for the parents as they probably did not see this outcome when they took Brandon's xbox away.
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http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/531082
Brandon Crisp's body found
The body of Brandon Crisp, the 15-year-old Barrie boy who fought with his parents over video games, has been found.
Police said early this afternoon that hunters found the body near the Fourth Line in Oro-Medonte Township northeast of Barrie.
The teen was last seen Oct. 13 after he ran away from home when his parents took away his Xbox console because of what they said was his addiction to the online game “Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare.
Sgt. Dave Goodbrand of Barrie Police said this afternoon that police have to work with the OPP and medical examiners before they can officially confirm that the body found is Brandon's.
However, students at Brandon's school, St. Joseph's High School in Barrie, were told the sad news at a special assembly this afternoon.
Many were in tears as they left the school.
Goodbrand also said that Brandon's parents had been notified. “They’re obviously distraught by the information,” he said.
Police had said that a woman saw Brandon on two occasions along a trail several kilometres from his home on the night he disappeared, and she noted the boy appeared to be having trouble with his bicycle.
His abandoned mountain bike was found in the area Oct. 20.
As the weather grew colder and snow began falling, police began a massive aerial, marine and ground search effort in the Shanty Bay area — about four kilometres from Brandon's home — near where the body was found today.
Hundreds of volunteers also aided in the search, but no trace of the boy was found at the time.
Police had received more than 1,000 tips, but failed to find any meaningful clues to the boy's whereabouts.
Two local media companies, including the Barrie Advance, where the boy’s mother works, had put up $20,000 in reward money for information to help locate the teen. Software giant Microsoft, which manufactures the Xbox, later increased that amount to $50,000.
Brandon's disappearance prompted a huge outpouring of support from across the country.
A Facebook group with nearly 22,000 members was created, and within a half-hour of the news of the discovery of the body, there were already 100 messages of condolence.
Early this afternoon, on the east side of Oro-Medonte Line 4, an OPP helicopter made low, tight circles over a cornfield. It is an area believed to have been canvassed extensively during various search efforts.
Forensic officers set up a command post at a farmhouse, which backs onto the cornfield.
Police offices on four-wheelers were canvassing the surrounding woods and fields.
With files from Canadian Press, Christina Commisso and Robyn Doolittle.
A few weeks ago - 15 yr old Brandon Crisp threatened to run away from home because his parents felt he was spending too much time playing xbox. His dad called his threat and offered to help him pack. He left home and a search for him began almost immediately. Microsoft (who makes xbox) offered up reward money and co-operated with investigators aiming to question online gamers Brandon played with. Today they found his body.
I feel horribly for the parents as they probably did not see this outcome when they took Brandon's xbox away.
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http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/531082
Brandon Crisp's body found
The body of Brandon Crisp, the 15-year-old Barrie boy who fought with his parents over video games, has been found.
Police said early this afternoon that hunters found the body near the Fourth Line in Oro-Medonte Township northeast of Barrie.
The teen was last seen Oct. 13 after he ran away from home when his parents took away his Xbox console because of what they said was his addiction to the online game “Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare.
Sgt. Dave Goodbrand of Barrie Police said this afternoon that police have to work with the OPP and medical examiners before they can officially confirm that the body found is Brandon's.
However, students at Brandon's school, St. Joseph's High School in Barrie, were told the sad news at a special assembly this afternoon.
Many were in tears as they left the school.
Goodbrand also said that Brandon's parents had been notified. “They’re obviously distraught by the information,” he said.
Police had said that a woman saw Brandon on two occasions along a trail several kilometres from his home on the night he disappeared, and she noted the boy appeared to be having trouble with his bicycle.
His abandoned mountain bike was found in the area Oct. 20.
As the weather grew colder and snow began falling, police began a massive aerial, marine and ground search effort in the Shanty Bay area — about four kilometres from Brandon's home — near where the body was found today.
Hundreds of volunteers also aided in the search, but no trace of the boy was found at the time.
Police had received more than 1,000 tips, but failed to find any meaningful clues to the boy's whereabouts.
Two local media companies, including the Barrie Advance, where the boy’s mother works, had put up $20,000 in reward money for information to help locate the teen. Software giant Microsoft, which manufactures the Xbox, later increased that amount to $50,000.
Brandon's disappearance prompted a huge outpouring of support from across the country.
A Facebook group with nearly 22,000 members was created, and within a half-hour of the news of the discovery of the body, there were already 100 messages of condolence.
Early this afternoon, on the east side of Oro-Medonte Line 4, an OPP helicopter made low, tight circles over a cornfield. It is an area believed to have been canvassed extensively during various search efforts.
Forensic officers set up a command post at a farmhouse, which backs onto the cornfield.
Police offices on four-wheelers were canvassing the surrounding woods and fields.
With files from Canadian Press, Christina Commisso and Robyn Doolittle.
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♬♪♫ and I will not, grow tired of crayon stars and fire
♬♪♫ cause a soldier's death is so much better than defeat just hanging around
As for what happened in this story, I feel terribly terribly for the parents but you have to wonder if there wasn't a better way to throw an "intervention" of sorts. I don't even feel comfortable saying this because I wasn't there and every situation is different.
Sad story from start to finish. :-(
they just found the body so, i'm not too sure what the cause of death is but he's been out there a long time and if he wasn't prepared to get help for whatever reason - his chances of survival are not great ...
I'm so sorry for these parent's loss. They tried to do the right thing and now they suffer tragically. Gaming/internet overuse is a huge problem for many families. It's victims not only include youngsters but moms and dads too. How much time do we all spend just on The Pit, not to mention the other sites we frequent.
I don't think people who are not part of the "gaming community" realize how addicting these games are. And the pressure from a guild to attend raids 2 or 3 times a week (often lasting 4 or 5 hours each) in intense. But if you aren't part of a "hard core raiding guild" and you don't have good raid attendance, then you don't get to see end game content or loot the best gear. I know this sounds ridiculous if you've never played, but it is the truth.
There have been times when I devoted more effort into maintaining our guild bank than I did cleaning my own house. And who knows what would happen if I put the effort into learning about my own financial choices as I do scanning the in game auction house in my ever insatiable quest for gold!
And I'm not alone. World of Warcraft just surpassed 11 million subscribers!!! And that's not the only MMORPG out there. Kind of a scary phenomenon that easily sucks you in.
Stuff like Call of Duty can be worse though, because the camaraderie developed in PvP games is higher than in PvE games. Also, in MMOs the instances usually have cooldown periods, so you can only go once per week. With FPS, there's no ingame element keeping you from playing 24/7.
Our son is nine. Like us, he enjoys video games, but he knows his bedtime, and he knows that if he gets emotionally attached to any game, it will be gone. His music lessons and homework always come first.
The interesting thing is, oversaturation has kinda worked. Like, somedays he'll just read a book. I'll jokingly tease him "shouldn't you be blowing up a planet or something?" and he'll just laugh and continue reading his book. I'm pretty sure I play video games now because they were absolutely taboo for me when I was a kid, so it's my way of rebelling against my parents.
Video Games are a really fine line, because for a lot of teenage video game "enthusiasts" the alternative is to be causing trouble.
Yeah, but when you're being pressured by a bunch of dorks, how seriously do you really need to take it?
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just for clarification ... brandon played call of duty - i'm pretty sure there are no guilds nor requirements for him to play as much as he did ... he was basically addicted to the game but i don't think there is anything in the game that necessarily warrants him to have to play all the time ...
Imagine how hard some people must find real life.
Very sad, I feel terrible for his parents because I believe they did the right thing.
yeah ... can't really blame the parents ... hindsight is of course 20/20 ...