Playing violent video games leads to increased aggressive thoughts, increased aggressive feelings, increased aggressive behaviors, cause stress, and a decreased prosocial helping. Everyone deals with stress and frustrations differently. However when action is taken with frustration and stress, the action is done with anger and aggression, the results may be very harmful mentally, emotionally, and even physically. Aggression is action by attacking someone or a group with intent to harm someone. It can with insulting or attacking. Also,Violent video gaming can lead people to isolate themselves from friends and family. Children's' brains are in the beginning of growth, making children very impressionable. Children need to learn self-control, responsibility, and relationships, however, violent games activate their anger while slowing the brain's maturity. Furthermore, "The American Psychological Association says playing violent games correlates to children being less caring and helpful toward people"(McGraw). Children spend huge amount of time playing violent video games at the exactly the age where they should be learning healthy ways to relate and to resolve conflicts peacefully.
Moreover, violent video games don't teach kids moral consequences. These games can have negative consequences on the children as they can believe that the idea of committing crime is all right. For example, "Many studies have concluded that people who play violent video games are more likely to commit violent crimes"(Phillips).On the other hand, Dr. Phil McGraw replies by pointing out that "shooting somebody in these games will not make you go to jail but you will get extra points" .This doesn't mean that children will shoot someone. But they will use more aggressive language and they do use more aggressive images.
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Many parents claim that restricting violent video games to protect children from the influence of violence seems like something that simply will not work. Children are more likely to be influenced. Parents believe that children can be influenced easily because they are more receptive than adults. Parents say that kids do know what is bad to do and what not to do but they need to be strengthened. But parents ask "How can we minimize any potential harm of violent games?" However by parental involvement in children's violent video games usage, they can help by discussing solutions to violent problems, and reducing the time spent in violent contents. According to Douglas Gentile, parents who limit the content of the games, have children who do better academically and also get in fewer fights.
In conclusion, violent video games should be restricted to improve physical and mental growth. Playing a violent game for hours every day could increase aggressive behaviors and stress, decrease the helping of others, and alter's brain response to violence. Instead, parents should recognize that violent video games can have powerful effects on children and should set limits on the amount and content of games their children play. In this way, we can benefit the children by minimizing these potential harms.
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