11-year-old boy cuts off his finger after dad scolded him for being addicted to his phone

A rebellious 11-year-old boy from China decided to chop off his own finger after his parents scolded him for his smartphone addiction. Identified only as Xiaopeng, the little boy took a kitchen knife and immediately cut off his left index finger after a heated argument with his parents over his excessive mobile phone use, reported Yahoo News. They felt that Xiaopeng was setting a bad example for his 6-year-old brother.
The boy was reportedly engrossed with his phone first thing after waking up and was undeterred even after his mother asked him to put it down. When his father tried to intervene, the argument escalated, further frustrating the boy and causing him to sever his own finger as an apparent protest. Xiaopeng's parents were horrified by the turn of events and immediately rushed their son and the severed finger to Ruihua Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University. He underwent a three-hour procedure in an attempt to reattach his finger but head surgeon Ren Zhourong told the parents that it'll take at least a week to determine if it was a success. Children have finer blood vessels, making reattachments more challenging for surgeons. However the operation went, hopefully the boy has learned a valuable lesson.