Video Games: Good or Bad?
Video games! Good or bad - video games are games you can play on electronic screens such as computers, TVs and even portable devices like iPods and cell phones. Many of you are already aware that games were made for bored people to pass the time. You might have noticed that a lot of games include shooting, fighting, racist or themes and plots. Video games have become extremely popular in recent years. They are played all over the world not only in homes, workplaces, and clubs, but even schools.
Since video games are such a popular activity for children of all ages, we would like to think that they have many benefits. But the truth is that video games actually have many more bads than goods.
The biggest problem, video game addiction, has become a social issue. Playing video games for more than 2 hours per day is considered overuse by the American Medical Association. When this happens, children can easily get addicted. Once addicted, they use almost all their free time playing video games and not having many person to person conversations in the real world. That is a huge waste of time! According to a University of Michigan study, the average teen plays for an hour a day but does not learn anything useful. That is like 15 days wasted each year! This would have negative effects not only on relationships with family and friends, but also on their behavior in school. Addicts will find it hard to concentrate as they will often find themselves drifting back to a video game in class. Watching the screen too much often causes eye problems for them as well.
Even worse, many video games have fighting and shooting in them. Playing these violent video games actually creates real world violence. In 2003, two teenagers aged 14 and 16, used rifles to shoot at cars on a highway.They were inspired by Grand Theft Auto, a violent video game. Also, when kids play these violent games for a long time, they start thinking that the acts of violence in the game are actually
Since video games are such a popular activity for children of all ages, we would like to think that they have many benefits. But the truth is that video games actually have many more bads than goods.
The biggest problem, video game addiction, has become a social issue. Playing video games for more than 2 hours per day is considered overuse by the American Medical Association. When this happens, children can easily get addicted. Once addicted, they use almost all their free time playing video games and not having many person to person conversations in the real world. That is a huge waste of time! According to a University of Michigan study, the average teen plays for an hour a day but does not learn anything useful. That is like 15 days wasted each year! This would have negative effects not only on relationships with family and friends, but also on their behavior in school. Addicts will find it hard to concentrate as they will often find themselves drifting back to a video game in class. Watching the screen too much often causes eye problems for them as well.
Even worse, many video games have fighting and shooting in them. Playing these violent video games actually creates real world violence. In 2003, two teenagers aged 14 and 16, used rifles to shoot at cars on a highway.They were inspired by Grand Theft Auto, a violent video game. Also, when kids play these violent games for a long time, they start thinking that the acts of violence in the game are actually