12-year-old wanted to poison because of mobile phone withdrawal

12-year-old wanted to poison her mother for cell phone withdrawal

03/23/2015

A US teenager has tried several times to kill her mother because she had been banned from mobile phones. The 12-year-old girl blended bleach into drinks. The case shows how addictive smartphones can do. Especially children and adolescents spend too much time on mobile phones and computers.

Daughter wanted to poison mother with bleach
In the State of Colorado, a 12-year-old has tried several times to kill her mother. As reported by various US online portals, the girl wanted to kill her mother because she had taken her iPhone. At the first attempted murder, the daughter blended bleach into her mother's smoothie to poison her. As she began to drink the fruit cocktail, she noticed the unusual smell of the remedy. However, she assumed that her daughter did not wash the glass properly.

Girl was taken to juvenile detention center
Only a few days later, the girl blended the bleach into a water carafe. Since the mother smelled the bleach again and had to vomit after the smoothie, she drank nothing of the water and confronted her daughter with the incidents. It is said that the daughter admitted to having developed the murder plan because her mother had taken the iPhone from her. The girl was taken to a juvenile prison. The mother was reported to have been temporarily treated in a clinic.

Young people spend too much time on the computer
According to experts, the case also shows how addictive smartphones and co. Can do. It has long been a topic of discussion that especially young people spend too much time on their mobile phones, computers or tablets. For example, studies have shown that many children and adolescents, for example, suffer from headaches or back pain caused by prolonged exposure to the screen. In addition, social isolation threatens. Only recently, a study by the Department of Psychosomatic Medicine at the Mainz University Medical Center revealed that young people get lonely through the Internet if they spend too much time on the internet, for example with social networks or online games. (Ad)

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