Courtney Tverberg (FGCU): Children playing violent video games

9. February 2010 by student.

I am the oldest of my cousins so I have seen them as they have been growing up.  All the boys in my family play these video games like Grand theft Auto and games like that.  I don’t think this is sending out a good message to our youth.  There brains are still developing when these young children play games like these.  Not only are these video games portraying a bad message but its also affecting there socialization.  When these children are just sitting in front a T.V. they aren’t socializing with there peers and getting their social skills that are usually learned at a young age.  A survey from www.huffingtonpost.com shows that 97% of children play video games.  This doesn’t mean they are all playing violent games but there is a fair share out there that are.  Also as the years go on the games aren’t getting any less violent.  So I think what we should be trying to get our children out of the house and get them to socialize with each other, because if we don’t it might potentially tern into a bigger problem.

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