Video-gaming

With regards to this topic, I personally feel that there are both pros and cons to video-gaming.
When it comes to youth video-gamings, I believe that teachers, parents would all assume that video-gaming is definitely bad and not advisable to play. However, I doubt anyone know that video-gaming actually have its own advantages as well.
Advantages
If the games are viewed as a form of light entertainment, they can have advantages. As part of a balanced entertainment diet, the games can help to provide stress relief for kids, they can help with aspects of coordination and concentration on visual details, and they help kids relate to one another in some forms of healthy competition. As long as one does not over play video-gaming, this can actually serve as a great entertainment.

Disadvantages
Firstly, a large number of children and teens are playing increasingly violent games. Kids do get immersed in the violence of certain gaming, which may contribute to a cold-hearted view of other people. It may make them prone to aggressive thoughts, attitudes, and actions. Very often, they would be seen as ‘ living in the world of their own’.
Secondly, kids who play video-gaming may get very addicted to their high scores and broken records. They may spend most of their time on gaming instead of studying. This would lead to a drastic decrease in their academic results.
Thirdly, kids may get so engrossed in their gaming that they neglect their own health. In certain cases, there are kids who got very immersed into their gaming that they don’t even want to spend a second away from their computer. They may skip their meals just to break a record, give up their sleep and etc. These are actually very bad for their health as these may lead to problems like deprived sleep. With the result of deprived sleep, it may actually lead to serious consequences like social and psychological. When one does not have enough or sufficient sleep, they tend to hallucinate more. Thus, leading to psychological problems.

In a nutshell, Gaming have its own advantages and disadvantages. Although the disadvantages outweighs the advantages, however, I believe that if one could manage their gaming time well, gaming should not pose as a problem to them at all !