Some people feel that playing computer games has a negative impact on children's health and social skills. Others say that it has a positive impact. Discuss both views.

Technological advancements have brought in greater

impacts

on

children

life, and one of them is

computer

games

. Some people think that they have negative

impacts

like detrimental

health

and disconnecting them from the social world, while, others feel that it has positive

impacts

. In

this

essay, I will discuss both views and explain how the negative

impacts

can be controlled and use

computer

games

for a good cause with proper supervision by parents.

Computer

games

are proved to be detrimental for the majority of

children

because of their effect on

health

and their social well being. The long hours of time spent in front of the

computer

or glued to the

computer

for long hours leads to

health

issues like decreased eye vision and accumulation of bad cholesterol to cause obesity. As per the latest statistics of WHO,

for instance

, continuous sitting for more than 4 hours every day in front of the

computer

leads to obesity.

Also

,

in addition

, as the majority of them spend times glued to systems, they become more introverted and cannot build any social relationships with the outside world. Serious effects of

this

lifestyle lead to mental stress among

children

and may cause brain diseases in the long run. They say that there are positive sides of

computer

games

like creative thinking if it is used by juveniles in controlled environments. Some of the

games

are designed by the gamers keeping the real-world problem scenarios in mind so that the same can be resolved by

children

and learn how to overcome those situations if they come across in real-life conditions. PUBG,

for instance

, makes the juvenile think out of the box to kill the enemy by some means.

In addition

, these

games

also

boost the self-confidence levels of

children

to overcome the problems in real life by thinking always ahead of the curve.

Hence

, the benefits cannot be ignored if the

children

use

computer

games

under supervised conditions. In conclusion, a part of society believes that

computer

games

have drawbacks on

children

health

and social life, while, others think that they have greater benefits. The above paragraphs discussed both views, but in my opinion, the positive

impacts

like out of box thinking and build an ability to solve problems can be considered as value additions over drawbacks if the

computer

games

are played under supervised conditions.