Children should not be allowed to play computer games.

Influence of computer games on the психея of тинейджер

Computer games have been played for already several decades, and their popularity только увеличивает. There are many different kinds of such games, and some of them probably can even do good, for example educational games for children. But there is also much violence in many of the games в наши дни, and children playing games such практически deal with crime, murder, weapons and blood. Кто-то may say that it's only a game and it has nothing to do with reality. Perhaps that's why many parents buy these games to their children without worrying if it does any плохо. Though it is постоянно discussed by researches and psychologists whether violence in computer games can lead to children's violence.

Social scientists have been изучение and discussing the effects of video games since the 1980s. And today this question is especially urgent, because the games are becoming more реалистичный и кровавый [Стрельба..., 2013]. The games in which players kill, maim, разрушены или кистей other human characters are called "насилия".

According to a study in Canada, more than a half of 13 - and 14-year-old teenagers play video games every day, usually between one and three hours a day, and it is violent games that the teenagers в основном предпочитаю. [Coughlan] It is not only в Канаде, но in our country we can see the same problem. Children and teenagers are not interested in anything but computer games. And many boys choose games with violence.

According to the researches many teenagers can play these games without any evidence of a change in attitude. But the problem arises when teenagers spent more than three hours every day in front of the screen. Of course it also depends on the content of games.

The study says that spending too much time within the virtual world of violence prevents children from getting участие в различных positive social experiences in real life. Игроки, также, cannot develop a positive sense of what is right and what is неправильно [Coughlan]. Более того сочувствия, trust and concern for others stop in developing the person's character [Coughlan], so the teenagers who play violent games a lot can often lack these qualities.

Чтобы доказать быть самое полезное the fact that violent games can result in children's violence it is worth mentioning one incident that occurred in Kirov region and described in a newspaper several years ago. Год 8 or 9-year-old boy was playing the computer games, when his elder brother bothered him, he probably also wanted to play. The little boy took the knife and chived his brother, and then continued playing the games. Other people and psychologists решил, that it was the consequence of playing жестокие игры. Хотя this occasion is rather an exception and there is another opinion on this subject.