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Sources : Photos kid playing games (1),(2),(3)

“Gamming tech and parenting, which one to blame?

The negative effects of gaming on children’s health has been discussed numerous times in the media  since the world embrace tech development, as the world becomes more advanced so does the need for entertainment,  becoming more demanding and gaming  companies need to keep producing more games to reach those technological advancements (Ps4, Xbox..)

But the one who is the most affected by the world is surely the young generation as they are in a constant state of learning. Whilst in this stage of life they are susceptible to the negative effects from the game that they are exposed to causes real life issues if it is not being handled in the right way. Which is a big fear to adults, especially adults who have children of their own .

Reason children become more aggressive

Wrong parenting method

Some of the parents tend t to express fear to the child by scolding, yelling in order to stop them and educated them, warning that it is something they are not supposed to do.

But they don’t know that it is in fact it is them that somehow encoring the behavior cause children they unconsciously copy that behavior from their parent during their personality development is not complete and still growing.

click here for video of a gammer get revenge to his dad

Heavy content games

Nowadays, there are video game come up with a variety of contents (cooking, spelling ..etc), those like

Cooking mama

Freefall spelling

Preschool Learning Games for Kids & Toddlers

but there are also games that contain heavy and negative content like killing, gun shooting( PUBG, Outlast, Fortnite ...etc), Children become angrier toward things that don’t go their way.

The Vox stated “...people who played Grand Theft Auto V were more likely to cheat in a raffle and commit aggressive acts toward other gamers (specifically, blasting them with loud noises through headphones) afterward, compared to those who played a pinball or mini-golf game”

If it could happen to an adult, how can it not happen to a child?

Outcome

Event though there are still some opinions that playing games wasn’t the root of the problems but.. one thing is for sure. It will happen if a child continuously interacts with the wrong value and the toxic environment from the game. Not only in child behavior but also teenagers or young adult wasting money on them, it is a great concern and we need a effective solution more than ever.