Nowadays, children and teenager play more and more computer games. Parents think computer games have little value and more harmful effects. What's opinion?

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technology is affecting many areas of life, and how to spend leisure times are no exception. It is apparent that
children
and adolescents spend more time playing
computer
or video
games
than ever before, which may wary many parents. I completely agree with
this
statement, and in
this
essay, I will try to outline
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the detrimental effects
computer
games
have on youths. There are several adverse ramifications to consider.
Firstly
, playing
computer
games
makes
children
stop being active physically and encourages
to
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a sedentary
lifestyle
.
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of participating in
outdoors
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activities with other
children
, offsprings prefer instant gratification and thrills from playing these
games
, as it is effortless than kicking a football or go for a stroll.
Secondly
, unhealthy convenience food moves in tandem with
this
lifestyle
, which
further
exacerbates these negative effects.
Finally
, it has been suggested that they become indifferent to
surroundings
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and do not participate in family activities.
Although
some research
have
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shown that
computer
games
may lead to better spatial awareness and multitasking, the benefits do not
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by these shortcomings. More often than not,
computer
games
harbor
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violent materials, and the content may be loaded with different fast-paced animations, rampant violence and death scenes which may harm
children
's
further
intellectual development and maturity. They may even grow accustomed to these scenes thinking that what they are seeing is totally normal.
For instance
, a Danish study of young delinquents reported that adolescents who spent more time playing violent video
games
in their childhood
,
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were more inclined to a violent
lifestyle
later on. In summary,
computer
games
encourage
children
and teenagers to
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sedentary
lifestyle
and to the exposure
of
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violent content. I fully support the
propostion
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proposition
that
computer
games
have only a little value and more
harm
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effects.
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