Kids Should Not Be Allowed to Play Violent Video Games
Kids have been taken over lately with the distraction of video games such as Fortnite and Call of Duty. Violent video games thrown in to the mix makes it even worse due to changing of behaviors such as aggression, thought process, social interaction and education which later has great effects on their mental health and their ability to learn in their adolescent years. Parents need to pay attention to their kids in which they know what game they are playing and for how long because it can easily get out of hand. Nothing good comes from kids Violent video games except wasting good time to focus on school or have a social life.
An article “Study confirms link between violent video games and physical aggression,” written by the author Mike Snider says, “An international study looking at more than 17,000 adolescents, ages nine to 19, from 2010 to 2017, found playing violent video games led to increased physical aggression over time.” This study shows that there is a direct correlation with violent video games and kid’s aggressive behavior towards others. Video games such as Call of Duty and GTA are perfect axmples of violent video games kids should stay away from and parents should be aware of. My brother Nicholas gets very agitated when he plays violent video games such as Call of Duty because it’s a violent video game and aggressive actions are portrayed toward his friends or family.
Violent video games have more of an effect on just children’s bahvior but other things such as emotions and exposure to graphic images like gore and shooting. Authors Lauren Goldbeck and Alex Pew wrote an article, “Violent Video Games and Aggression,” which states, “In 2017, the APA Task Force on Violent Media concluded that violent video game exposure was linked to increased aggressive behaviors, thoughts, and emotions, as well as decreased empathy.” This explains violent video games lead to decreased empathy due to increased exposure to blood and gore, violent language etc.. Thoughts and emotions can lead to mental health problems as a kid grows up which can be deadly to the family if not taken care of properly.
Violent video games can easily be avoided by playing the correctly rated game and with a managed time for other activities like playing sports or hanging out with friends or even studying for school. If kids dedicate their lives to video games in general they have a very small chance of going somewhere with that as a career or going no where at all. There are plenty of other opportunities to take on at such a young age, they can’t let it damage their mind at this young when that have so much to live for.
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