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Patient's eight-year-old has spent, over three months, $247 on Robux. Patient did not authorize each charge individually. Patient did, at some point in 2023, enable one-tap purchasing. Patient does not know what Robux is for. Has learned, incrementally, that there are 'games within the game,' each with its own economy. A credit-card alert arrived yesterday. Patient has not opened it.
Chronic. The eight-year-old understands Robux better than patient understands Robux.
None. Parental controls are, apparently, three menus deep.
Patients with Chronic Roblox-Parent Currency Confusion typically present with some or all of the following:
This is the Institute's entry for Chronic Roblox-Parent Currency Confusion — a chronic condition cataloged for archival purposes and shared for patient use. No prescription exists. No intervention has been shown effective. Recognition is the primary benefit of diagnosis.
Formal name: Parens nummorum virtualium perdita. Not found in the DSM-5 or ICD-11. Found, routinely, in the patient population.
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