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These days many children spend a lot of time playing video games and many parents feel this is very negative. Do you agree or disagree?

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The virtual entertainment industry
leaps
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 and bounds over the
last
 two decades. Parents
however
 believe that
this
 creates a negative impact on
children
's
life
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 and I completely agree with them. In
this
 ,
essay
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 I will discuss the cons of playing video
games
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First
 and foremost, video
games
 are designed in a way to attract people and the most vulnerable are the
children
. As they feel connected to the virtual
world
, it creates an adverse effect on their relationship with the outside
world
. ,
Consequently
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 it will affect the interpersonal skills of the players.To exemplify
this
, my son enjoys playing
games
 with his iPad, laptop and tablet more than anything,
Thus
 he does not have
interest
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 in communicating with us or joining us for a meal.
Such
 lonely behaviour will
also
 increase stress
,
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 and depression among
children
 as they do have any close relations with the outside
world
. Based on recent studies, the teen suicide rate had increased substantially over the
last
 two decades.
Secondly
, virtual entertainment
also
have
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 a negative effect on education as
children
 stay up until late at night and they will be exhausted to
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attend
attent
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attend
 school or pay attention to studies.
Subsequently
,
this
 will lower their grades.
Additionally
, playing online
games
 results in health conditions
such
 as obesity and diabetes.
Healthy
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life
 will result in a happy
life
, but pupils with
such
 addictions do not have any interest to go outside and play.
For instance
, based on recent studies
of
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 the
World
 Health Organization (WHO), more than thirty per cent of the pupils are less active and
therefore
 suffer from mentioned diseases from a young age. In conclusion, it is clear that even though video
games
 are a great source of entertainment it brings no positive impact on youngsters'
life
.
Thus
 they should be banned or the parents should limit
its
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 usage.
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