Video Games and Violence

Video Games And Violence

Video games and the violence in them have a large impact on children's behavior.

Video games can be addicting, making a child aggressive, which could lead children to

do terrible things. They love to play video games because they are fun and exciting.

Some parents allow them to play these games because they are fun and exciting. They are

also allowed to play these games because it keeps them quiet or out of the way, not

realizing that some of these video games are causing more bad than they are good.

Video games can turn into an addiction. If a video game consumes most of a child's

time then they could easily forget to shower, excessive junk food eating begins, and

attendance to school decreases. The addiction to video games has negative consequences,

the same as a drug or any other addiction. It gives a game player a high. It is hard to quit

playing video games when there are others around you that are continuing to play such as

family, or friends. A person will need to seek help at this point because game playing is

in control.

Video games have an impact on children. Games that contain violent content usually

cause aggression in children. This aggression is caused by the amount of time kids are

allowed to play video games, studies showed by Walsh (2000), teens were honest and

told the truth that their parents do not give them a time limit on game playing. This same

study also showed that some of these parents were not aware of the content or rating of

the games played by their children. There was another study by Gentile, Lynch, Linder,

and Walsh " adolescent girls played video games for an average of five hours a week". It

was also stated that teens that play violent games for periods of time are more aggressive,

have confrontation or arguments with their teachers, end up getting into physical fights

with their peers, and school achievement decreases instead of increases.