Monday, 8 October 2012

Childhood Gaming Destruction


Children and Teenager are constantly being influenced by the media.  The most notable comes in the form of video games.  Before the era of video games, children would play football, basketball, rugby, etc. outside.  Hardly did a child not run everyday and play for hours.  Then a phenomenon occurred, games that could be played on screens appeared and of course children were intrigued.  Over the last 60 years this started to influence generations more and more.  After a slow start of video games they managed to establish a firm place in our lives in the last 10 years.  The effects have been noticeable.
Generation after generation play more in front of the television then outside.  This effects children both physically and psychologically in a negative form.  Physically children cannot develop muscle motor neurone functions, disabling them from being able to do simple things such as standing on one leg.  Furthermore they are unfit and destined to easily become obese.  Psychologically they aren't able to experience team skills, empathy and mental strength.  We can observe more children playing sports online rather than outside.  Team sports aid a child develop in these skills and I am unsure what the long term effects will be for these children.  How will these children cope with their lives once outside of their homes?
What is your opinion?
What do you think will happen to children that aren't able to fully develop?

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