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Jump Up: Saving Children From WoW One Click At A Time

Started by sbspalding · 1 year ago

When I first read about South Korea’s new Internet Addiction boot camps, Jump Up Internet Rescue, I wasn’t that surprised. Considering South Korea is arguably the most “wired” country on the planet Earth it seemed like if someone was going to spearhead a program like this, they would.

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  • Snoskred

    1 year ago

    I agree - there are other problems which should be tackled first.

    However, being taken to a camp and made to horse ride? Put me down for some of that. It used to cost about $500 to go to a horse riding camp when I was that age!

    Cheers,
    Snoskred
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  • .

    1 year ago

    Or, they just don't like other outdoor type things such as myself.. Why does it have to be a disorder if someone likes something other people find 'not right'? For that matter, using a computer is probably alot cheaper on the parents than the kid wanting to go ride horses for hours a day..
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  • sbspalding

    1 year ago

    Well unless you also suffer from problems sleeping, withdrawal and feelings of isolation then you're probably just fine. There is a pretty strong line between liking the web and using it obsessively. I'm guessing this camp, whether good or not, is aimed at the latter.
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