Analytical Exposition

Children with video games

Video game is  a very popular type of game. Children can spend a lot of time in front of television or computer screen to play. A study conducted by the Kaiser Family Foundation found that 2,032 children between the ages of 3 years to 12 years are most often playing video games or computer games. It was found 73 per cent of boys aged 8 years to 10 years on average spend hour of game play per day and nearly 68 percent of children are 12 years to 14 years. Addicted to playing video games can have a negative impact, especially in child development, psychology, mindset, and social health of children.

Firstly, a lot of video games containing elements of violence and immoral actions that can make children imitate the actions in real life. Violence in games is more dangerous, because the children involved in these interactions. Heroes who commit violence in the game is never punished and tend to be appreciated, so that the child could be argued that violence is something that is true. Children who spend a lot of time playing video game  have more aggressive personalities and tend to behave poorly with the surrounding environment.

The other reason, play video games all the time make children have little or no friends in the neighborhood. They prefer to play video games instead of playing with their  friends. If a child used to play video games, they will sit down excessive activity. This can lead to excess weight and also spasm in the muscles because they rarely perform physical activities such as sports. Stooped posture or bent, this is due to the irregular sitting position in front of the television or computer screen.

Therefore, the children who plays video games harmful on the lives of physical, social and psychological.