If
you’ve ever had an argument end badly, spare a thought for the parents
of an 11-year-old boy from China who reacted to being told off for
playing on his mobile phone too much by cutting off his own finger.
Following
an argument with his parents over his smartphone habits the boy,
referred to as Xiaopeng by Chinese media, displayed a dramatic response
by taking a kitchen knife and axing the top of his left index finger, according to Sina News.
Parents
of phone-wielding children and screenagers are all too familiar with
the constant battle to get their bundles of joy unglued from their
devices but not all would be faced with such a dramatic response as
displayed by this young boy.
Literally giving his parents the finger
The
incident reached tipping point after Xiaopeng grabbed his smartphone
the moment he woke in the morning and continued to be engrossed even
after his mother told him to put it down. When his father found out
about the exchange a heated telling off (dare we say finger wagging)
happened, which led to the frustrated boy severing his own left index
finger from the first joint up.
After
being rushed to hospital surgeons reattached the fingertip in a
three-hour procedure, however it will be a while until doctors know
whether it worked, as children have finer blood vessels so it’s more
difficult to get a successful reattachment. While the child may have
wanted to prove some kind of point it may backfire as an index finger is
a prime tool for smartphone games.