After spending so much time on the screen, playing long hours on a game console, you no longer want to go out. Sometimes, you tend to be really addicted.
Gaming is considered to be taboo for many parents. So they would rather seek alternative entertainment (consider these) for their children than allow them to play video games. However, behavioral psychology experts say this is not necessarily a bad thing.
The behavioral psychology study of the social outcomes of games focused on the three-year gaming behavior of 600 young people.
The bottom line shows that games are more social than people think. See, children are not playing alone. They actually play with friends, they play with people in groups, and they play together as a team.
Why You SHOULD Let Kids Play Video Games!
So, here are 5 reasons kids can play on the game console.
- They like it.
- They learned something from it. Common sense has been updated to improve language knowledge.
- This is a safe experimental method, such as exploring the (different) part of your personality.
- This is part of their social life. Hall said that if you don’t let the kid play games, you can miss the conversation.
- Game connection. “We share experiences as if we were going to Efteling together.”
Fight the Feeling of Loneliness
He discovered that playing together can eliminate loneliness. He asks young people every year how lonely they are. “Among those who play most video games, we are becoming more and more lonely. Young people who play most games with others are really not alone.”
Gaming: A Popular Hobby
According to statistics, gaming is a popular hobby. In elementary school, 89% of elementary school students play occasionally and 38% play every day. In secondary education, this rate is slightly lower. 68% to 75% of people say they play games occasionally, and 27% play games every day.
Boys play games longer than girls. For girls playing games, nearly two-thirds (63%) play less than an hour per day, which is lower compared to 19% of boys. A fifth (21%) of boys playing games play more than 4 hours a day, while only 7% girls.
Screen Time
Whether playing games or not, many parents worry that all games impact their children negatively. They prefer them to play with other kids and friends outside. This concern from parents is understandable but experts said parents need not worry about screen times.
“The amount of time a child plays isn’t really that important as long as the play alternates with other activities.”
This is also a problem when young people start playing games to get out of reality. When they tend to escape from reality by playing video games that allow them to forget about their problems.
It is impossible to conclude that playing video games is good or bad for young people. It really depends on what they play and who they play it with. With the ability to play with other gamers in real-time, this sounds like something good for young people. After all, it is still called interactive, a way for them to socialize although in a whole different way.