It is true that these day’s more and more children and adolescents are addicted to playing games on computers and smartphones. This, in my opinion, is a negative development in the society and is leading to numerous psychological problems in the little ones. Furthermore, playing these games does not yield any benefit, instead are a bane to their upbringing.
Computer games, firstly and most importantly, are highly addictive in nature, which means that, when a child starts playing them, he/she develops a kind of psychological dependency, and such cravings will pull him towards them. Such a behavior will lead to spending most of their leisure time by playing computer games, consequently, they will have minimal or almost no physical activity. This lead to numerous health issues such as obesity, cardiac problems to name a couple. For example, as per the latest report by the National Health Services (NHS) of UK, approximately 60 percent of children spend more than 4 hours of their leisure time on a daily basis on either playing online games over the internet or offline games on smartphones. This is a seriously disturbing trend, which does have long-term devastating consequences.
Secondly, more often than not, online games expose children to violent and cruel behaviors, these games are replete with violent actions in which, the actor, in this case, the child, uses armory such as pistols and bombs, such a cruel action will have negative and violent influence on the child’s behavior. For instance, not long ago, a game by the name Blue-Shark was shared on online platforms in which, the gamer had to go through various self-destructive actions, after successfully completing all the levels, the final one would lead to the suicide. This crazy game had taken lives of more than 100 adolescents all over the world. Electronic games, finally, obviously impacts the academics of the children, as they spend most of their time playing instead of doing their homework and assignments.
For the reasons mentioned above, it can be concluded that computer games in the form of play-station or online gaming are highly dangerous for children, both in psychological as well as psychical terms. Parents and guardians, therefore, must ensure to keep their children away from these addictive natured activities.
It is true that
these day
’s more and more
children
and adolescents
are addicted
to
playing
games
on computers and smartphones. This, in my opinion, is a
negative
development in the society and is leading to numerous psychological problems in the
little
ones.
Furthermore
,
playing
these
games
does not yield any benefit,
instead
are a bane to their upbringing.
Computer
games
,
firstly
and most
importantly
, are
highly
addictive in nature, which means that, when a child
starts
playing
them, he/she develops a kind of psychological dependency, and such cravings will pull him towards them. Such a behavior will lead to spending most of their leisure time by
playing
computer
games
,
consequently
, they will have minimal or almost no physical activity. This lead to numerous health issues such as obesity, cardiac problems to name a couple.
For example
, as per the latest report by the National Health Services (NHS) of UK, approximately 60 percent of
children
spend more than 4 hours of their leisure time on a daily basis on either
playing
online
games
over the internet or offline
games
on smartphones. This is a
seriously
disturbing trend, which does have long-term devastating consequences.
Secondly
, more
often
than not,
online
games
expose
children
to violent and cruel behaviors, these
games
are replete with violent actions in which, the actor,
in this case
, the child,
uses
armory such as pistols and bombs, such a cruel action will have
negative
and violent influence on the child’s behavior.
For instance
, not long ago, a game by the name Blue-Shark
was shared
on
online
platforms in which, the gamer had to go through various self-destructive actions, after
successfully
completing all the levels, the final one would lead to the suicide. This crazy game had taken
lives
of more than 100 adolescents all over the world. Electronic
games
,
finally
,
obviously
impacts the academics of the
children
, as they spend most of their time
playing
instead
of doing their homework and assignments.
For the reasons mentioned above, it can
be concluded
that computer
games
in the form of play-station or
online
gaming are
highly
dangerous
for
children
, both in psychological
as well as
psychical terms. Parents and guardians,
therefore
,
must
ensure to
keep
their
children
away from these addictive
natured
activities.