Video games have grown graciously over the years. There has
been a debate whether they actually affect children’s behavior. Studies shown
that young kids playing violent video change moods dramatically, and become a
little more aggressive. This usually occurs mostly of the violent games because
they are much more intense than the other ones. Most of the games now also have
online; where kids can communicate to people they do not know.
Some
of bad habits that children can start to form are, not focusing on their
studies in school, constantly playing games for many hours, and changing their
behavior to their peers or family. These bad habits could affect them in the
future because it could become an addiction, which is much more serious. Having
an addiction could be hard to get rid of because psychologically, their minds
are constantly live in a fantasy world. Health is another issue that can affect
children. If kids are constantly playing video games and not exercising, they
could increase in their weight rapidly. They should be exercising at least 60
min a day to keep their bodies in shape.
This
issue could be fixed in a variety of ways. There is a law where people have to
be at least 17 years old in order to buy a rated M (Mature) game. The other
rated games are rated E for everyone, T for teen, and A for Adult. This law
does work to an extent; however the parents buy the game for the child and let
them play. Some kids are playing rated M games at 13 years or sometimes even
younger. Parents need to be stricter to their children, so they can turn out to
be better kids when they are older. But unfortunately, video games will
continue to be violent and more young children are playing them more rapidly.
http://videogames.procon.org/
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