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: Computer games have a negative impact on children and their families. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

#computer #games #impact #children #families
Parenting has never been an easy job and the implementation of new technologies did not make it easier. Many people
believes
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 that children and
families
 are negatively impacted by video
games
. In
this
essay
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 I will discuss how computer
games
 could affect the behavior of both kids and parents.
Firstly
, it is a common opinion that the young ones spend too much time in front of screens
such
 as computers,
playstation
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PlayStation
 and smartphones. A recent research conducted by Dr. Smith
,
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 revealed that spending more than 3 hours per day on display can develop an addiction comparable to drugs.
As a result
 of
this
dependency
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 one of the side effects on
youngest
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 could be irritable behavior.
As a consequence
 of young gamers’
attitude
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 there is an impact on their
families
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family's
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 wellbeing. (LINK) It is a fact that in the
last
 10 years parents
are
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facing
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 more issues raising their children,
for example
 a lack of respect towards adults
due to
 violent
games
such
 as war or shooter
games
. To confirm the statement above there is a study supervised by
the
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Oxford University
who
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state
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 that a reasonable piece of the population is challenging similar situations. More specific
datas
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data
are
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 that 1 out of 3
families
 who are followed by a therapist are dealing with video game obsession of their kids. In conclusion, despite there might be some exceptions,
violents
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violent
violence
games
such
 as the
world famous
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 GTA has been proven by many studies to have a negative influence not only on the youngest generation but on their
families
 as well.
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