The effect of online gaming on future generations.

The kids that are playing all these online games today are going to grow up tomorrow and become the next generation that overtakes us. And we can say that they will be highly affected by the kind of games they will play. According to raisesmartkid the following positive behavior's are seen in the kids playing online games, they are as follows ability to follow instructions, problem solving logic, hand-eye coordination, planning and resource management,  multi tasking, quick thinking, accuracy, strategy and anticipation, situational awareness, developing reading and math skills, perseverance, pattern recognition, estimating skills, inductive reasoning and hypothesis testing. mapping, memory, concentration, improved ability to rapidly and accurately recognize visual information, reasoned judgments, taking risk (which is both good and bad), management, simulation and real world skills.

Now we will discuss the negative affects caused on the children, according to raisesmartkid again the following affects can be seen, Children playing violent games are seen to show violent behavior, playing too much online games makes a child socially isolated, Some video games teach kids wrong values (such as violent behavior, aggression are rewarded, Women are portrayed as weaker characters and etc ), many games confuse reality and fantasy,  when interacting with other players online a child can pick up bad behavior or language from them (other players).

As we can say after going through the content stated in the previous paragraphs that children today are highly affected by the games they play. These games kind of define the kind of person they will become tomorrow. We shouldn't forget that the kids in front of us will grow up and eventually become the next generation. What do we want for a better tomorrow? A person who has proper values or a person who is completely white washed in a negative way by the games he/she plays. It has been scientifically proven that children learn very quickly from their surroundings and hence parents should always check the kind of games their child is playing. A parent should encourage their child to play nice informative games instead of letting them play violent and blood thirsty games. Moreover Government should also enforce more strict rules that bans games for being too violent (which is done only in few countries such as united states which banned grand theft auto san andreas  for violence and sexual content in 2005). Proper measures should be taken by everyone to make sure that a child gets whats best for his growth and future after all we are talking about our future generation.















References
-http://nanobitwallpaper.com/future-video-game-consoles/
-http://www.raisesmartkid.com/3-to-6-years-old/4-articles/34-the-good-and-bad-effects-of-video-games
-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Theft_Auto:_San_Andreas