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Nowadays, more and more children play computer games. Why do you think this is the case? Is it a positive or negative development?

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In the past decade, the popularity of
videogames
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video games
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 has been increasing at a high pace. More and more youngsters spend most of their time playing computer
games
instead
 of studying and being engaged in sports activities. There are several reasons for that trend, and, in my opinion, it is a negative process which can cause serious
hurm
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harm
 to particular people and society in general.
Firstly
, there are quite obvious reasons for developing
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 in that way. Video
games
itself
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themselves
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 are more interesting and entertaining than other
games
, like
boarding
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games
. They attract
attention
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more
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 and more children all over the globe, due to
its
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 variety of genres,
abilities
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ability
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 to play online with other people, colourfulness, and
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realism.
This
last
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 rising popularity of computer
games
 - their capability to substitute
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real life. Morden video
games
 provide their users with a simple environment where
you
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they
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 can achieve results faster,
easy
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, and in a more predictable way, without any consequences if
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 did something wrong.
Therefore
, forcing more young men to
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this
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to
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real life. I think that
this
 ongoing trend has definitely
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a negative
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 and detrimental
effect
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effects
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.
First
 of all, pupils, while playing, lose essential time which they could spend on their education and development,
therefore
 decreasing their chances to get a well-paid job and reach
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 social and financial
level
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levels
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 when
grow
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 up.
Secondly
, spending most of the time playing is harmful
for
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to
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 their mental health. According to
a
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research conducted
last
 year,
schoolcholdren
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school children
 who spend more
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 3 hours a day playing
games
 have weaker concentration, attentiveness, and lower academic performance in general,
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 their peers who play less. To conclude, video
games
 have become
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 realistic and simple
alternative
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alternatives
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 to the real world, which boosts
its
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 widespread all over the world. And I am sure, that it is a harmful and absolutely not positive way of
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of
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a
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the
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 young generation.
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