Father Forces 11-Year-Old Son To Play Video Games For 17 Hours Without Sleep As Punishment

A father in China forced his 11-year-old son to play video games straight for 17 hours without sleep after catching him using his phone in bed. 

Known only as Mr Huang, the father from Shenzhen, China decided to share the cruel punishment on Chinese social media platform Douyin.

The boy wrote a letter apologising for staying up late playing video games and promising never to do it again. “So my dad found out. Then my father punished me. Let me play enough. Play until vomit,” he said in the letter.

“Well, I was woken up several times. It’s going to be all day anyway. From 1am to 6pm. Just played for 17 hours,” he added. 

“I promise I must go to bed before 11 o’clock. I promise not to play the phone [game] before going to bed [and] not to play with toys.”

The dad called off the punishment when his son broke down in tears and agreed to a new pact limiting his playing time.