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Some people regard video games as useful educational tool. Others, however, believe that videos games are having an adverse effect on the people who play them. In your opinion, do the drawbacks of video games outweigh the benefits?

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Nowadays, some people believe that
video
games
 are useful as an educational tool,
while
 others think that the drawbacks of playing these kinds of
games
 are more. Personally, I believe that there are more disadvantages
of
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to
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 engaging with
video
games
. I will explain my reasons in the following paragraphs. On the one hand, spending so much time on
video
games
lead
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leads
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 the kids to become conditional. What I mean by
this
, children who play so many computer
games
 do not study enough, unless they
encourage
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 by
video
games
.
Consequently
, it has negative effects on their educational level as they engage more
on
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in
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 the playing parts rather than the study sectors.
On the other hand
, spending so much time on
computer
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the computer
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 playing
games
, not only leads to physical problems
,
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 but
also
 causes mental issues.
Furthermore
, researchers found out that children who play more virtual
games
 are more violent
among
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than
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 others and they will have more health issues in the future.
For instance
, my sister's friend used to play so many
video
games
 when she was a child and not only she wore glasses and
had
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 to do
an
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eye surgery, but
also
 she had so much violence toward others and had to use some pills in order to control her
behaviors
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behaviours
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.
Last
 but not least,
psychologicaly
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psychologically
psychological
 speaking, when children have
unlimitted
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unlimited
 access to these kinds of
games
, is hard to
avoid
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 them of not playing all kinds of
games
. To some extent, in some
cases
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,cases
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 they try to copy the character's behavior which some of them are not appropriate. In conclusion, the increased use of
video
games
 should be
viewd
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viewed
 as a negative development and should be controlled more by families in order to have
healthier
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a healthier
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 society.
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