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

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Parenting has never been an easy job and the implementation of new technologies did not make it easier. Many people
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that children and
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are negatively impacted by video
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. In
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I will discuss how computer
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could affect the behavior of both kids and parents.
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, it is a common opinion that the young ones spend too much time in front of screens
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as computers,
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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.
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of
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one of the side effects on
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could be irritable behavior.
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of young gamers’
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there is an impact on their
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families
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wellbeing. (LINK) It is a fact that in the
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10 years parents
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more issues raising their children,
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a lack of respect towards adults
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violent
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as war or shooter
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. To confirm the statement above there is a study supervised by
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Oxford University
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that a reasonable piece of the population is challenging similar situations. More specific
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that 1 out of 3
families
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who are followed by a therapist are dealing with video game obsession of their kids. In conclusion, despite there might be some exceptions,
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violent
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games
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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
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as well.
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