With the introduction of technology into our lives more and more each day, our home is no longer the safest place. In the past, we were comfortable if our child was at home, now our child can reach anywhere in the world with the internet at home, and has come to a position open to all kinds of risks.
Although computer games have positive effects such as children’s good use of time, crisis solving and quick decision making, excessive play may cause social withdrawal, learning difficulties, failure in school, obesity, deterioration in skeletal and muscular systems, visual impairment, epilepsy, It can cause negative effects such as anxiety, depression, gender identity confusion, and psychiatric problems that can go up to suicide.
We have been witnessing that young people playing the Blue Whale Game recently ended their lives by committing suicide. The name of the game allegedly derives from a giant blue whale that gets caught in a net, or that whales are animals that inexplicably beach themselves from time to time and commit suicide.
The Blue Whale game, developed in Russia and spread over social media, mostly targets pre-adolescent children and adolescents. The organizers of this game try to invite young people to the game by using certain tags or sending messages to frequently visited groups. They ask players to follow 50 instructions, most of them violent, over a 50-day period. Stages such as not seeing anyone for a certain period of time, listening to loud music, cutting off arms and legs are included in the game. Every day, the actor immerses himself in his role in the game and can identify, and evaluates himself as the same person with his role in the game. Children between the ages of nine and sixteen, who are the target audience of the game, can be affected more by the game. At the end of the 50th day, the player who sees himself as the same person in the game is given the command to commit suicide by jumping from a height and hanging himself as the final stage. Suicide cases are also seen at this last stage.
Measures have been taken in many countries for the Blue Whale Game… As parents, we should pay attention to the sudden emotional and behavioral changes in our children, and be aware of what our children do on the Internet, what games they play, and with whom they are in contact.
BECAUSE;
WE CAN’T CONTROL WHAT WE ARE NOT AWARE OF
WE CAN’T INTERVENE WITH WHAT WE ARE NOT AWARE of
