Video Games Make Kids Violent, Stupid and Sick?
Video games have occasionally served as a convenient scapegoat for whatever ails youth. But just this week, the normal trickle of blame has become a torrent, with loud proclamations from many quarters that computer games are making kids VIOLENT, STUPID AND SICK. Here's why they're wrong.
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If video games do make this happen it still doesn't really matter because these kids' parents should be controlling what they play, how much they play, etc.
Oh Yes!!! Video games have these adverse negative impacts since PONG!
How can a kid be getting stupid when he can handle a controller with 2 analog controls and 12 buttons with remarkable ease? How is going through huge levels and maps remembering every little detail, developing strategies and getting through the cognitive demands of modern games making kids stupid?
Games (chess, tavli (backgammon), dominoes, checkers and others) have always being used as mediums to pass knowledge down generations.
In the 21st century, the wooden board and pieces is substituted with realistic graphics and a complex plot...
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