Do video games contribute to positive or negative impacts on children development?

Introduction

Since the emergence video games have attracted children across all ages. The growth of the market of the video games is adequate proof to the wide spread popularity midst children. Based on recent studies video games are associated with both positive and negative impacts on a child’s development. Video games are particularly frowned by most persons as distractive, time wasters and worse since the corrupt the living of the children and their thinking. The playing of video games is easily blamed as the main rationale to why children becomes anti-social and develop violent behaviors. However, for most psychologists and scientists video games are accounted as beneficial to the growth of children the main one being the capability to create smart children.  Actually video games can teach the respective children to adopt high thinking skills that will be a necessity in the future. The topic is important because it is a current social issue.

Conclusion

It is apparent that most of the video game are very innovative and are intended on generating fun.  This therefore provides an essential opportunity of triggering creativity potential. In addition, this is a great channel for relieving stress for the children who have no other better means. This is achieved by distracting the existence of stress and creating high entertainment value thus enhancing the general confidence of the children. In this context children grows sight and hands coordination and teaches them essential skills such as creative thoughts, cooperation and strategic thinking. However video game utilizes so much time for children which might affect their social and educative life. The engagement in aggressive games also leads to the development of aggressive thoughts and encourages sedentary living where children may develop unhealthy living and eating habits.