Bad-Negative Effects of Video-Computer Games to Children-Kids [& Adults]

Wondering about what over-use of video games will do to you or your children? Hah. See what it did to a German kid in the funny video above (our friend Deena describes the video as unfunny rather than funny). Thankfully, the video is captioned in English so you will understand what the kid is going through.

Anyways, for those of you looking for research studies on the negative effects of video games, here’s what we found on the internet:

1. If you spend a lot of your time playing video games, you will get fat. Aha, you know that already. But this is what a researcher says:
Content aside, the amount of time kids spend playing games, even the good ones, is contributing to the obesity epidemic among American youth. For too many kids, the only parts of their body they are exercising are their thumbs. We are particularly concerned, therefore, about the launch of games this year aimed at children as young as two. We know that the industry wants to expand its customer base and that it is in their economic interest to hook babies on games. This trend, however, raises serious implications for our children’s health. [source]

2. Those who play a lot of violent video games tend to be more aggressive than those who don’t.
Despite some inconsistencies and complexities, the results seem to indicate that people who spend more time playing video games tend to be more aggressive than those who spend less time playing them; and, with less certainty, that this is especially true of playing violent video games. Because there are so few studies and the lack of representative samples, we cannot put much confidence in the size of these correlations. Nevertheless, it seems likely that the basic relation is true – those who like violent video games tend to be more aggressive than those who do not like them. [source]

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