Almost all children like to play video games. Some video games will contain all violent or bloody scenes. Some people say that these are only games and there is nothing to worry about. However, others argue that such violence is harmful to the developing personality of a young person. How to deal with this kind of thing is a difficult choice for parents. Should they regard it as a temporary interest and let it be, or should they forbid the game? It is a controversial subject with no definite answer. Nevertheless, the following different arguments may be used as a basis for parental choice.
The supporters of violent video games advocate that playing such games allows teenagers to divert their aggression and emotions into the virtual world instead of the real world. Teenage is a complicated period for most children when their bodies and minds undergo a lot of changes. At this time they often find themselves on the list with the surrounding world and experience a lot of negative emotions. Playing video games violent gives them a chance to let them release it, so afterwards they could return to real-world with more peaceful emotions. Nevertheless, the opponents of violent video games are not convinced by these arguments and claim that such games have a strong negative effect on the developing minds of children and teenagers. They say that these games create even more violence and aggression. When a child constantly faces violence and blood in the video game, this will leave a deep impression on the children’s minds. Such children would do some aggressive actions against their friends. Moreover, the opponents state that children who play such games tend to become less social and their academic progress declines.
Moreover, playing such video games helps children to understand and learn to control their emotions. When childcare en faced with problems and disappointments, they often don’t know how to react. Society puts a heavy weight of expectations on teens that they always feel are hard to achieve. It leads to an anxious emotion that children don’t know how to deal with. When playing video games that trigger the outburst of strong emotions, children learn to recognize their feelings. It teaches them how to understand and control powerful negative emotions. Although playing games can release children’s negative emotions, people who advocate against children playing violent video games argue that such games lead to violence in real life. Children are not able to separate the virtual and real world. That distinction is not clear for the undeveloped young mind. They often confuse the two concepts, thus believing that what is acceptable in the virtual world would be also fine in the real one. Therefore, they carry that aggressive violent attitude into their daily lives, harming the people around them. And afterwards, when they face the consequences of their actions, they cannot understand what they have done wrong. Thus, the opponents strongly disapprove of the use of violent video games by children as dangerous.
The conclusion is that playing too many video games can lead to many negative effects such as a decline in academic performance, making children’s minds more aggressive and even harming real-world people. Children who are growing up do not have sufficient self-control ability, so they still need parental supervision and reminders. the parents of young people still must make the decision that would work the best for their children. Video games are indeed just games, however, it is a fact that they can be harmful if without parental attention. Moreover, the parents should understand that instead of forbidding such video games, they must provide enough alternatives, such as travelling, time outside, family board games, movies, reading, arts and sports.
