Essay No.

1: Argumentative essay (CE6)

Violent video games cause behavior problems

Along with the modern age and the increased development of technology came a great amount of video entertainment including video games. iving in such an age! the easiest and most interesting way of "#illing spare time$ is %y playing video games. Although it loo#s simple! they re&uire physical and mental involvement which helps improve the speed of thin#ing and acting as well. 'o! if video games have such effects! why is there a paradigm that video games! especially violent ones! cause %ehavior pro%lems( )he answer lies pro%a%ly in the fact that children at a very young age have access to almost any game there is. *nowing that the development of a child+s psyche! particularly in the area of social relations! is in the age %etween 6 and 1,! it is logical that children should not have access to violent games %ecause they give an unreal perspective on reality. -f a child is e.posed to such games it could get to %ehavior pro%lems %ecause the child is not e.perienced enough to see the difference %etween normal %ehavior and the %ehavior presented in the games. /ut! if this factor is e.cluded video games are very helpful for improving mental s#ills! especially if we are tal#ing a%out strategic games. /ut there are many games that are popular among younger population! such as 0rand )heft Auto! Counter 'tri#e! Call of 1uty2 )he main goal in such games is to #ill other people or to transfer drugs from one place to other. 0etting access to these games is out of control. Every #id can easily download such games %ecause every #id already has good #nowledge in doing so. /ut parents are too %usy today to see what their children play. 3e all have witnessed cases where people have #illed other people or animals! and in many cases it has %een proved that it was %ecause of violent games. 4or e.ample children can learn how to use weapons through shooting games or they can see people on drugs etc. Also #ids can get very mad if they lose a match and in e.treme cases can do harm to the competitor. 'trategic games are designed in such a way that one must calculate many factors and then decide the most effective strategy to win the game. )he emphasis in these games is on the mental s#ills! %ut there are also games which re&uire physical s#ills as well. -n such games it is crucial to have a good coordination %etween the eyes and the %ody! especially hands. )hey mostly include %oth hands and it ta#es a lot of practice to %e effective and get the needed speed.

-n conclusion! if used properly video games can only %e helpful %ut on the other hand! they can and in many cases will cause a%normalities in %ehavior if they are used improperly. As said a%ove! children are the most fre&uently affected ones so the pro%lem pro%a%ly lies in

parental control. -f parents pay more attention to what their children are e.posed to! such pro%lems would not occur.