Nowadays many people have access to computers and a large number of children enjoy playing video games. What are the advantages and disadvantages of playing video games for children?

In the 21 century
children
grow up with computers, cellphones and many other technological
stimulus
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.
This
evolution
have
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impact
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on the way
children
spend their time. Most of them enjoy playing
videogames
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video games
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, boys
in particular
. Is it positive or negative for their development? It depends on how and for how long
children
use it.
First
of all, talking about the advantages, for parent’s it´s useful and easier having their
children
grabbed on
video
games
because they can do their life while their kids are distracted. Some
games
are educational and good for the mind. If they are used on restricted hours it can be positive for
children
.
Nevertheless
, most of the
children
spend a big part of their free time on
video
games
and if they are not controlled it can be dangerous. Why is that? War
games
like call of duty are very aggressive and allow
children
to use guns and to feel stressed because it really
simulates
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war. Some of them are so
unto
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the
video
games
world that they stop living in the real world, playing with
another
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another child
other children
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children
in parks like they used to.
In addition
to
this
, sometimes they can´t differentiate the
real life
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and the
games
, they can recreate the
video
game scenario and it can put other people in danger. It already
happen
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children
killing
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someone on the street like thinking
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it
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is
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it
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was a game, they stop being aware of what is real and what is not. How could we control it? In my
opinion
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it´s not necessary to banish
video
games
of our life´s
children
but parents should have the responsibility to protect their
children
by having restricted hours for them to play and interchange with other activities in
open
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air or playing other
games
that
not
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do not
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involve technology.
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