Does this make any sense to you? Raising a virtual child and killing your own?

I hadn't heard, but it's very sad. I was that was the last time and I wish it hadn't happened the first time, but it probably will continue. If my cat's didn't but me, I would probably forget to feed them. But a baby would cry, wouldn't a person answer the cry of a baby? My cats bug me until I feed them. I would think the baby would cry. I can't imagine ignoring the cries of a baby.

No normal people would let that happen, clearly both of the parents have some psychological problem and how smart do you have to be to understand that your baby girl will not survive if you don't feed her. I hope at least they could realize what horrid thing they've done to their own child.

Hi ronald, It seems that we hear about new atrocities happening every day, but this is something that I hadn't heard before. It certainly doesn't make any sense to me and there is definitely something seriously wrong with the parents. It is of course, a case of child neglect and if it hadn't been an on line addiction, it would likely have been something else. Blessings.

hi ronaldinu I read that also and was truly shocked and specially at there askewed thinking. raising an avatar daughter is the most foolish think I can think of while leaving a tiny baby alone in their apartment while they are on line at internet cafes. what in the world do they 'have for brains? Saw dust.We have sure enough gone to far if the internet is the only thing we can relate to, and we forget we have flesh and blood children that need care and love. this would be so criminal that its hard to really imagine any one doing this. When my hubby and my little daughter was alive, we did not have a computer, and the tv was a never a substitute for family togetherness. When I became widowed my son gave me a computer and monitor and I loved it as i was all alone and need something to do when I retired.But I would never have left my children alone for a computer, no way.

Hi, ronaldinu. This couple need to leave this computer alone and stop creating a fake child. What is wrong with them?? This does not make sense at all. And how can they feed their baby rotten powdered milk??? This is just absurd completely! These parents don't deserve anymore kids. They murdered the gift that God has blesses them with! This is very sad. Being online at the cafe was a bad mistake that they have both made. They should be thrown into prison, never again to see a flash of the bright sun!

I am sorry but they surely would not want me to have any thing to do with making laws in this country.... I believe if someone does something to a child like in this instance they should be treated the same way..... But we know what will happen... They will go to prison have 3 hot, square meals....be able to buy snacks at the prison store and read books in a library.... Oh by the way someone else even does washes their stylist jumpsuits.... I think we have made jailtime and prison to easy for the offenders of our children and society

I a flabbergasted that anyone can do that to a child. I guess it only survived as long as it did because the gradparents had the baby for awhile before giving it back..which wasn't a good call..I love being online and doing stuff but the kids and hubby always come first I get off attend to their needs and if I have time get back on...I might let the dishes slip a few hours..but never a child..

Disasters of technology. I have earlier saw on TV that a Korean guy married to his virtual girlfriend. Technology should be used with responsibility. We need to educate more peoples about this virtual world.

That is insane! We have had many cases here of mothers neglecting their children as they shopped, chatted and played games online. People have lost their sense of perspective and have become afraid of real life. I do not see how anyone can ignore their baby, it's beyond my comprehension.

I can't believe that, how could anyone think a computer game is more important than a real life child. As a mother myself my children come first every time. That poor baby.

Hi ronaldinu, I just don't know what is wrong with people these days, they don't deserve to have any children, they should be put behind bars for the rest of the lives without anything, I am on the computer most of the day but I wouldn't neglect my precious cats, I have no children and my cats are my children, but I do stop and do other things, computer is not important, I just don't understand these monsters. Tamara

I was both disgusted and shocked when I heard about this No child deserves to be so cruelly mistreated, and I hope this incident haunts both these hideous "parents" for the rest of their lives Neglected for a virtual baby? That's just sick as far as I am concerned.

You know I have heard a lot of disturbing stories involving children and the parents who should have never been allowed to have them. I have no idea how this ranks, because I have some disturbing situations in the world, but this has to be the top five of the list of parents that utterly disgust me. Just when you think that the human race has not hit its lowest point. It find an even bigger shovel. I mean seriously. How messed up can some people be? This defies all logic and reason for sure. Calling these people incompetent would be an insult to incompetent people. In fact, calling them neglectful may even be an insult to neglectful people. There is just no words to describe this I mean, that's messed up. Leaving a child at any age alone for that long is idiotic but that young, that may put them in the running for the most stupid and most ignorant people alive. And you know what the scariest thing is. I am really not surprised that something this happened. Society has numbed me to the point where I do feel disgust but not shock. Have we really sunk this far? There needs to be some kind of screening process before people are allowed to reproduced. I have no idea what the criteria would be nor do I feel comfortable in guessing. However there needs to be something. People have to pass a test to have children when they have a certain age and have a license. Unfortunately, that will never happen but its getting worse.

Really chocking. o_O Shame on the parents, how can they are so stupid! o

There seems to be some horrible malfunction here with this couple who have got reality confused with fantasy. I have read the article myself and it seems incredible that this could happen and it is very sad. I don't think we have upturned our values so much as this couple may have a deep-seated psychological problem that has not been recognized and shouldn't have been in care of a child. Many years ago, we had to go and work in Spain away from the UK on a three months cotract. We had a young dog at the time but couldn't take her with us because of the Rabies scare that was about at the time. There was this lovely couple living down the road from us who offered to look after her for the 3 months we were away. I thought it to be ideal, much better than a boarding kennel. I explained that she would need to be watched for a while until she acclimatised herself to her new surroundings and being a border collie needed daily exercise - that they assured me, would be no problem. I thought they would have had the sense to take her out on a lead each day, but they just opened the door on the first morning and let her out. The dog got run over and killed, as we dicovered when we returned. They said the dog had run off not to be seen again. But when we gave her description to the local police station, we were told of the accident with a dog matching her description. Apparently her collar had been taken off - why, I don't know, so she couldn't be identified. I was angry at our neighbours, but couldn't really say anything when I realized in retrospect how ignorant they actually were. And anyway, what was so was so and couldn't be reversed. I know this is a dog and not a child, but my point is that most of us would not endanger a dog in this way unless we were ignorant of the needs of that dog. I think the same thing could be applied to this South Korean couple too. It is very sad and senseless, and all we can do is to be vigilant when couples become new parents, but there are going to be incidents and we are going to become more and more aware now because of the powerful information technology we have around the world. _Derek

Well, that has to go onto my list of wacked out and weird stuff around the world. A virtual child? What will they think of next? And how could they leave such a young child alone at night? I can see how a second life type game for some would be exciting and fun but to let it get that far out of wack is demoralizing.

Sad! But this the result of addictions. Anything we become addicted to, can cause to neglect important things, like even our own children. This is just one example. Too bad that no one noticed what was going and took corrective action.

Wow! Talk about living a double life. This is very sad but I have to say that I'm nothing like these people so in all honesty you can't compare me to them. I put my responsibilies first-and my children top them all. I don't get why they either didn't take that baby with them or hire someone to sit with it?

I was shocked by the story but not surprised. I'm amazed it hasn't happened before or more often. I've seen people who are addicted to games and use them to hide away from the real world. It is sad but you try talking to them about it and they go, literally, mental. They often reckon they are only on there "a couple of hours" when it is almost constant and they would rather stare at a screen than be with real people. It's quite scarey to see people like that and also very sad.

That is quite scary... It goes to show how addictive computers really can be to some people. They were completely addicted to raising their virtual child and somehow their priorities got skewed and they completely forgot about their flesh and blood child. They deserve what they get because their is not reason to let your child suffer due solely to an addiction to a computer game.