Nowadays many people have access to computers on a wide basis and a large number of children play computer games. What are the negative impacts of playing computer games and what can be done to minimize the bad effects?

It is true that today in developed and developing countries a large portion of kids can play computer

games

on a daily basis, and some think that

this

may have negative consequences,

this

essay will discuss that and put forward several solutions to tackle

this

issue. There are various negative impacts, and one of them is that playing

such

video

games

can create addiction, the reason for

that is

the companies who design these

games

create them in a way

that is

filled with missions and rewards after the gamer completes them;

therefore

, it seduces the player to keep playing for hours and

as a result

, children get addicted to

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genre and spend more time on playing than they should.

Moreover

, playing

games

constantly results in neglecting other aspects of life,

for instance

, school, children always have homework to do and a lot of stuff to learn, and if a kid is not fully concentrated on that, he will eventually sabotage his future career. Parents are the first ones who should act to minimize the effects of

this

trend, a good decision would be to not allow their children to play video

games

every day after school, they should make a schedule for their kids,

for example

, playing once a week for about an hour, like

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they can prevent them from getting addicted,

in addition

, governments should force video

games

companies to raise the minimum age required to play for several

games

,

thus

, if a parent saw that a game is for + 16 gamers, he would definitely not buy it nor allow his kids to play it,

this

way only teenagers and adults can play

such

games

.

To conclude

, there are a variety of negative effects of computer

games

and steps need to be taken to tackle these impacts.