To What Extent Should Children Be Allowed To Play Violent Video Games

A huge controversy in today’s society is violent video games and their behavioral effect on the children and adults who play them. Violent video games have been blamed for bullying, school shootings, and even violence towards women. Many have fought that violent video games desensitize players to real-life violence, and that they are teaching the youth that violence is an acceptable conflict-solving strategy. Other sources have stated otherwise. The 2004 Secret Service has stated that only one-eighth of attackers have exhibited interests in video games. Violent Video games do not cause violent behavior or behavior problems because it has not been proven that there is a link between violent video games and behavioral issues, playing video games provide a safe outlet for aggressive and angry feelings and reduces violence in young children, and violent juvenile crime has actually gone down since the violent video game popularity has increased.

Video games already have a bad reputation when it comes to the teenage generation. The video games that are being released in the past ten years have caused some speculation if they are suitable for kids to play. Some states have even tried getting involved with the issue by banning the distribution of offensive video games to minors. First-person shooting games have increased in popularity, and some experts say it is also increases violent behavior in the adolescents that are playing it. The increase of games that are more realistic, engaging, and increasingly violent will lead to more violent behavior in teenagers in the upcoming years.

Is it possible that some of today's most popular yet most violent role-playing games might have a severe negative impact on today's world? In today's world, many teens are involved in a variety of games with simulated violence included in them. Although they are popular, these games have received a lot of controversy over the years. “Twenty-year-old Adam Lanza was obsessed with the violent lifelike video battle games that he played at the large suburban home where he lived alone with his mother, a teacher who became the first victim of his horrific shooting spree in December of 2012.” (6 Murders whose killings are linked to video game obsession). Events like this are unfortunately common which results in people being concerned about the games causing real-world problems. Others have brought up concern about the content and others about their purpose. If these games are as hazardous as they are said to be, they should not be permitted or tolerated at all because of the range of problems they can cause. Even though some believe they are okay I strongly believe role-playing games with simulated violence have a negative impact on teens because, violent role-playing games waste too much time, influence violence, and cause bad behavior.

Over the past few centuries,video games have become a great leisure and hobby among kids of all ages and cultures. With the advancement of technology, video games have advanced highly in its realism and genres. This high type of advancement brought the video game industry to a multi-billion dollar industry. However, with realism, comes negative effects as well. Ever since the creation of violent or “mature” video games, there has been a constant debate on whether it will increase violence in the player. Although, not all video games are violent, and just increase skills in a player such as hand-eye coordination. Nevertheless, there is research going on for the link between violent video games and youth violence. The question is which event happens first in the sequence, do violent video games aggravate a person’s violent behavior, or does a person get rid of their anger through playing violent video games? Either way, violent video games are not beneficial to our society.

There is overwhelming scientific research that suggests that playing violent video games are harmful to children and adolescents. The scientific evidence has uncovered several areas in the development of children and adolescent that are negatively impacted because of the exposure to and playing of violent video games. Some of the key areas that are negatively affected include brain activity, stress levels and behavior.

Kids should not be allowed to play violent games because it teaches them that there are no consequences for violence and relationships can be damaged. Although some games can be educational, there are still violent games out there that can endanger society. Video games get more and more violent each year. These games portray violence as fun and can put others in danger. Friendships can be permanently damaged and trust can be lost. These games may be a fun tradition, but is the message that kids are receiving

Video games are loved by many people. People even make money by playing video games and posting them on YouTube. But many people argue that violent video games cause real life violence in children. Many video games have actually been banned in countries. One example of this is Watchdogs in the United Arab Emirates. Violent video games do not promote violence in kids under 17 because it has not been proven to increase aggression, there are recommendations for age groups on the package because of this, and countries that have a high percentage of video games use, have low gun violence.

According to the online website ”Raise A Smart Kid,” it states,”Most of the bad effects of video games are blamed on the violence they contain. Children who play more violent video games are more likely to have increased aggressive thoughts, feelings, and behaviors, and decreased prosocial helping, according to a scientific study (Anderson & Bushman, 2001).” Another site also states, “Playing violent video games causes more aggression, bullying, and fighting in teens.”-videogames.procon.org/. Not only does it increase unacceptable behaviors, but it also enlarges the chance for adolescents to have anxiety. Although it is safer to play gory and dangerous video games when you are older, you are still eligible to feel the effects and the influence of

Video games and their alleged link to violent tendencies with people who play them and younger children in particular is not a new controversy in the gaming industry whatsoever, or is it really one that is currently being talked about. At least not as much as Mass Effect: Andromeda's atrocious character facial animations. But it's always good to address the inanities that are made by activists and conservatives who constantly attack and attempt to boycott developers from releasing a game they have spent years making saying that it's because of political correctness. The argument that games can cause violent behavior is one that does not provide any solid facts that games and behavior are correlated in any way. In fact there are more studies

Violent videogames have a negative impact on teens. My opinion on this topic, is that teens should not play them, here are reasons why.

Though the kids need to know to what extend and what happen when he or she lost. In Video games, sometime to get the prize, he or she have to kill or hurt the other players. The child does not know that, that is not okay in real life. Also, I've known some adults that still plays violence video games. They not only get really upset but also start cussing and throwing things. That is not a normal actions. When the child grows up and not get he or she wants, he or she will then start yelling and throwing fit. That can lead to anger issue and of course the disorders that are mentioned above. Of course, that nonviolence video games are not that entertaining but it also helps for parents to continuously adivising the kids that not what they see, or watch can be related to real life situation. Also, I do believe that video games that affect disorders but the parents can not just blame the video games it is also the parents' responsibilities to teach their kids whats right and wrong. Also to me, anything violent should be keep away from children until the parents are sure that the kids can handle

Should teens be allowed to play violent video games if not why should they be allowed to watch violent movies. Censorship is at play we are trying to censor ourselves these days as both movies and video games have a rating system for parents to decide what their kids should play or watch. Teens should be allowed to play violent video game or should we ban violent video games.

I think that video games are causing youth violence among underaged children. One claim to support this is, “video games are uniquely problematic in that the viewer isn’t simply sitting back and watching the violence.”As said by Timothy Winter. If you were to compare a child who had no violence video game experience vs a child who did have violence game experience, you could clearly see the difference (when they would be playing a video game that includes violence). The Parents Television Council even showed us the rate that an underage child was able to purchase an adult video game. The results were 36% of the time. I agree with this because, when purchasing an adult rated video game, the salesman just gives you the slightest reminder

“Head shot! That guy was destroyed!” These are just some examples of the dialogue spoken between children who play video games like “Call of Duty” or “Halo.” Children brag about the number of people they have killed in these games. Playing violent video games may cause children to act violently. First, violent video games train players to act aggressively by repeatedly killing an enemy over and over. Second, children mimic what they see, whether it’s in real life or on a video screen. Third, being exposed to the violent behaviors of the game, dead bodies, and blood, make the players insensitive to violence. Because the violence from video games affects the behavior of children, violent video games should not be available for purchase by anyone under age eighteen.

When kids get bored they turn to their PlayStation four, Nintendo DS, or Xbox and play their favorite games. According to the journal of the American Medical Association, “Several peer-reviewed studies have shown that children who play M-rated games are more likely to bully and cyberbully their peers, get into physical fights, be hostile, and show aggression towards their peers.”(Carter 32) Video games are known as ‘time-wasters’ to parents, and worse, these games can corrupt the brain. Furthermore, when playing violent video games kids can attach the game into their personal life. Some games can teach kids wrong values. Playing violent video games can cause aggression, bullying, and depression in kids.