Violence can be manifested in various ways, although the most frequently used is attacking, which means disrespecting in rude manners to the people around a person. Video games and violence has been a main topic in todays world revolving around the younger generation. Video game addiction also known as gaming disorder is generally defined as problematic, and a compulsive use of video games, that results in significant impairment to an individual's ability to function in various life problems over a long period of time. Although it seems fun and it lets us enjoy ourselves, it also has negative affects towards children and teenagers brains. In other words, video game addicts spend a ton of hours in a week playing games that also goes alongside with money consuming due to the need of power and wealth of their imaginary characters. Furthermore, video game addiction may cause many symptoms that belong to Asperger’s which is a mild form of autism and possibly it causes languish in their communication towards the society. Are video games making kids violent? Video games are making kids violent because video games are bad for developing brains.
First, kids spend so much money and time on video games which is very unhealthy for them. A study shows, “Merely in 2001, people in the US spent roughly 9.8 billions dollars on video games and this number increasingly enlarges in time. Besides, people who overplay those video games commonly have to confront a high chance of getting either mental or physical diseases or even both” (addictionrecov.org). This shows that kids are spending too much time playing video games and it is ending up messing with their mind. It has always been very unhealthy to sit on a couch or chair for more than a couple hours and just stair at a screen. It has created a huge problem in our society causing kids to become violent and aggressive towards their peers.
In addition, kids have become extremely addicted to having video games around them at all times. When it gets taken away from them, they become aggressive and don't know how to control things. “It’s been proven that playing violent games would be more harmful to the kids than just watching them on the TV and that they will probably act violently” (videogamewells.com). This quote shows that playing video games is more harmful than watching a violent movie or TV show because the kids get very involved and zoned in on what they are playing. “Individuals suffering from video game addiction use the virtual fantasy world to connect with real people through the Internet, as a substitution for real-life human connection, which they are unable to achieve normally. Some suffering from video game addiction may develop an emotional attachment to fiends that are only online and ones that they can even create. Those suffering from video game addiction may enjoy aspects of the on-line games that allow them to meet, socialize, and exchange ideas through games” (videogamewells.com). This quote shows how kids cant control themselves in the way of video games and become violent due to how addicted they are to the game. After reading many articles and studies about this topic, I learned that kids who are in school, don’t even think about school all day, they are just waiting to get home to play video games and not have to worry about anything.
Third, parents are recommended to keep their children away from video game by limiting their time to spend on video games and to courage them to take part in outdoor activities. According to Dr. Orzack, “Video game addiction is also known as a result of lack of social communication” (nydailynews.com).Video games create a lack of social skills because they take you away from the outdoor activities and other fun things kids should be doing at their age. When a kid is relying on video games it starts to show that they are losing their social skills and as a community we need to take initiative. Another thing is that kids are getting brain diseases because all they do is play the same video game over and over everyday. There needs to be a solution so the younger generation does not grow up relying on video games for social skills.
Lastly, the counter argument when it comes to this topic is a huge deal in our generation. There are a ton of studies that surround this topic saying that video games do not make kids violent but the truth is that it definitely does. When a kid is playing a violent video game all day and finally their parents tell them to get off or when they take it from them, the kids get aggressive because it is all they rely on. It has created a huge problem in. our society and the younger generation has nothing better to do besides playing violent video games. It has caused kids to become violent because they don't know what else they can rely on and turn to when there most important thing in life is video games. Kids have become more violent over the years due to the new violent video games that have been released into our society. It is creating a huge problem because there isn't a way to stop the kids from becoming addicted unless the parents do something to stop it.
In conclusion, there are many things in the younger generation that creates violence but the main reason is caused by video games. It has caused many kids to react in ways that people have never seen before. Video game addiction creates violence to the point where we don't know how to control it and we don't know what will come next. There has to be discipline done by parents to control their kids so they don't become violent if their video game is taken away from them. Video games and addiction have created violence in todays world and there needs to be a way were can stop it.