Police in Sapporo have arrested a 14-year-old junior high school girl on suspicion of assaulting her mother after they had an argument over her smartphone use.
According to police, the incident occurred at around 3:30 p.m. on Sunday. Hokkaido Broadcasting Corp reported that the girl’s younger sister called police and said her older sister was hitting their mother.
Police said the girl pulled her mother's hair and hit her in the forehead with her smartphone at their home in Higashi Ward.
Police said the girl told them she got angry after her mother had disabled some of the functions of her smartphone.
© Japan Today
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wallace
Take her phone away.
Seigi
She needs to undergo rehabilitation just like a drug addict.
Chico3
Well kid, welcome to the adult world. Great for the sister who called the police.
Fighto!
Hopefully the arrest is a wake up call for this violent little dropkick. Good on her younger sister.
GuruMick
What is the age for criminal responsibility in Japan ?
Can castration be used on a female, imprisonment, deportation ?
All options must be available
kaimycahl
These devices have taken control of the peoples minds, its not just minors but half of the people who have cellphones can't go without them for a day. I know people who mistakenly walk off and leave their phones at home and will drives miles to go back to get it because they feel they left their brain at home!
purple_depressed_bacon
Actions of an addict. Perhaps a few days in juvie - does Japan have such a facility? - will sort her out.
Mocheake
SeigiFeb. 17 04:55 pm JST
Nah. She needs an attitude adjustment. Dad needs to put the strap to her pronto. The reason she assaulted her mom is because she's been spoiled.
Hervé L'Eisa
Cut off her phone service.
Gevex George
A phone doesn’t create conflict; it just highlights the cracks that were already there in the parent-child relationship.
kochikame
I'm glad the younger sister intervened before the mother was killed.
kochikame
Younger sister should be alert after she's being released form the Rehabilitation center...she may want to retaliate or revenge and try to kill the younger sister. I've seen a lot of such cases on Investigation Discovery's 'Deadly Women'...women can be very scary.
Jind
Far too many people of all ages all over the world use phone excessively without any important reason all day long.
It's like their face is glued to their phones.
Some schools in USA are trying to limit the use of phones while at school.
buchailldana
I had this with my daughter.
I called the cops.
The cops came to arrest me for assault the next morning.
Spent two days being interrogated before being allowed out.
Two days later my daughter climbed barefoot over a 4 or 5 meter fence in the detention centre and escaped because she wanted to be able to answer her birthday messages!!.
The detention centre said as they didn't have the power to take her back.
It's was mostly teenage hormones. Happily four years on its all good.
Jail wouldn't have done anyone any good
Yohan
Typical Japanese spoiled brat and nothing mentioned about the father in this report.
Parents should never accept such a violent behavior from a 14 year old daughter.
Problems about the smartphone, it should be taken away, number blocked.
Firm discipline is in this case necessary from parents, no means no.
There is no law which says children have a human right to insist that parents must provide mobile phones, computers, pocket money for game center and such stuff for their children.
Deyopo
It's wild how certain people here make conclusions about this with zero actual evidence. Pure speculation, but they act like they know the truth. (≧▽≦)
Rosie's Shukugawara
Kids at that age should not have a smartphone. A dumb flip phone is fine for contact.
Start at a more mature age like 18. That's what we plan to do anyway.
falseflagsteve
My partners family home is in Higashi ward, lol