A Danger of Game Maniac on Children

Video games have become addictive because it is able to comfort someone, not least for children. But the children who too often play games to physical and psychological harm.

A study ever conducted by the Kaiser Family Foundation on 2032 children with ages between 3 years to 12 years about how often the children are playing video games or computer games. It turned out that 73 percent found boys aged 8 years to 10 years on average an hour of game play per day and nearly 68 percent of children ages 12 years to 14 years of playing games for ages 17 years and over.

As quoted from PsychiatricTime, Friday (16/10/2009), the reason the kids play games is going to try something new and to eliminate the stress of school work or because of a problem.

But too often bemain game will affect the personality of the child himself, because at the age of 4 years to 17 years of children tend to absorb and imitate everything he sees and it affects his development.

Especially now that many games played by children contain violence, the impact of these games could shape a child into a rebel, a great curiosity for all things forbidden, and they behave sometimes difficult to accept the community.

One of the most yyang health problems common in children who like to play games is a stooped posture or bent, this is due to a sitting position that does not irregular in front of the television or computer screen. Besides playing games every day with a long time can cause damage to the joints or skin irritation.

Other problems can also arise such as damage eyesight of children, this is because of playing too long with the distance of the eyes and the monitor too close or it could be because the room is dark and the picture changes rapidly. And can cause a child are obese due to lack of activity outside and just sit before the screen only.

In addition to the child's physical problems, play games can also cause psychological problems, especially if the child played games contain violence. Could have the children mimic what is seen in real life, so do not be surprised if a lot of violence that occur in children of primary school.

Violence in the game more dangerous, because the children involved in these interactions. Heroes who commit violence in the game was never punished and tend to be appreciated, so the child could have argued that violence is something that is true. Scientific research proves that children often play violent games tend to be more aggressive.

A child may be playing games, as long as time is limited and the most important thing is the selection of an appropriate game for children. And parents must be firm in determining the time to play games for children.