Although it keeps them busy but did you think video games are bad for children? Anything in excess always is as it spoils you. Parents buy all these new video games for their children so they can ‘have the best’ but soon they seem to complain about it. You can hear them say how they children are stuck to the television screen all day, almost as though they are switched off from everything and everyone around them.

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Hands down, video games are addictive for children as well as adults. Once you get started, you feel like going on. When not playing the video games children like to read and talk about it. Over time, that is all they seem to want to talk about! They get so overwhelmed by the whole idea of playing a game that the competition sets in them early on. This sense of competition may only apply to the games if not at school. When the children are barred from playing games, they get distracted and get sulky which in turn affects their concentration in academics at home and especially at school. Thoughts of playing games also affect a child’s sleep.

Video games are bad for children because it can prove to be a financial burden for the parents. There are only so many games that parents can afford to buy. When children get better at the games they are playing their desire to compete increases. With time, they pressurize parents to get them the latest games which are more often than not more expensive than their school books! With high-tech games such as Xbox and PS3, children never seem to have enough!

With so much time spent on playing these games children hardly spend any quality time with their parents. Playing games on school nights and weekends ruins family time. Parents are unable to plan a picnic or a day at the beach as the children only want to sit in one place and feel the unbeatable thrill of a video game. That is the only way they know to enjoy themselves and family time seems boring to them.

One of the most important reasons why video games are bad for children is that they make young viewers emulate the actions. There are many incidents in the past where children have imitated violent actions of the characters in the game by jumping or hitting. Such behavior is harmful for the child as well as those around him and corroborates the fact that video games are bad for children.

See Post about ”A Parent’s Guide to Video Games for Kids” to know more about good video games for kids.