Video Games: Is the Violence causing our Children to become Aggressive?

Video Games: Is the Violence causing our Children to become Aggressive?

Introduction

Violence in video games is becoming an increased issue as it is causing the children of our society to become more aggressive. The issue of increasing aggression with more time spent on playing violent games has been debated since long. Many researches were conducted related to this issue, but it was seen that no proper outcome was achieved of the issue. There has been noted a different attitude of the children playing violent video games continuously. Additionally. There are many researches that are in favor of the fact that children get aggressive due to playing violent video games. It is important for the researchers to know and understand the real reason behind the change in behavior of the children playing violent video games for long. According to Oxford Dictionary, violence can be defined as:

'Behavior involving physical force intended to hurt, damage, or kill someone or something.'

Definition Section

Kids shouldn't play games where hunting down and killing people is the goal, says one expert. (cnn.com)

Children should be asked to indulge in activities that are healthy and that will help in sharpening their minds. This does not mean that they should not allowed to play video games, but their exposure to violent games should be monitored and if required, it should be restricted, as well. According to statistics, it has been found that about 90 percent of the kids in the United States spend about 13 hours per week playing video games (edition.cnn.com). The number of hours might increase in case of boys. According to the study, it has been found that children are influenced by the video game they play and that they become violent while playing those games. It is important for the people to understand that these games are having a negative impact on the children.

According to experts, it has been found that there are children, who are not impacted much by such violent games, but continuous exposure to violent video games might cause problems for the children and their attitude will change. It is important for the people to understand as to how video games might impact the children and how their daily activities will be affected by them. Many researchers have defined violent video games as an addiction which cannot be let go by children who are addicted to it.

"Playing video games could be compared to smoking cigarettes. A single cigarette won't cause lung cancer, but smoking over weeks or months or years greatly increases the risk. In the same way, repeated exposure to violent video games may have a cumulative effect on aggression."(Brad Bushman)

Causal Section

There are a number of reasons as to why the children are getting more and more addicted to video games. It is important for the people to realize the impact that such video games have on the behavior of the children and how it causes problems for ...