Are video games are healthy or not healthy?

Answer 1

Like everything else in moderate doses its fine

Answer 2

They can be healthy if done in moderation. Playing video games is much better for your brain than watching T.V. I used to play all the Kings Quest games as a kid and I really started to think critically about things and examine the world more closely. Some people say that playing video games helps greatly with your fine motor control, but recently I've seen evidence that it may not help as much as previously though. I'm a Kindergarten teacher and have a boy who did nothing but play video games. He had no fine motor control, couldn't hold a pencil at all and I almost lost my fingers several times trying to help him use scissors. But this may be an extreme case because I believe this little one may also be autistic.

I've also seen Kindergarteners who are deeply disturbed because of the kinds of games they played. I had one that played games like Grand Theft Auto and Halo and he had no sense of reality. He would flip out on me some days thinking blood was bursting from his stomach. He would have regular strange fits like this. He also thought there were monsters hiding behind every corner. Children this young can't generally distinguish between reality and fiction. Ask a Star Wars fanatic Kindergartener and they will tell you that there are spaceships and aliens roaming outerspace.

But I've also seen a lot of benefits from video games with my students as long as the parents stick to age appropriate games. I think a lot of video games made for young children actually help them more academically than anything else. If you have a young one, put them on http:///www.starfall.com and see how much they pick up. When it comes down to the violent games, I think that once you get to a certain age, as long as the person isn't disturbed, they are not going to necessarily turn that person towards violent acts. I play some violent video games ( I do stay away from the extra gross ones) and I don't think I've been desensitized from them.

Answer 3

Depending on the research, video games are both healthy and not healthy. They improve many motor skills, such as hand-eye coordination. Yet if one lets them run ones life, they get into the not healthy area.

Answer 4

Video games have been shown to enhance Brain functions and spacial recognition abilities, amongst other things. There definitely seem to be some benefits aside from fun

They can become an unhealthy habit when you spend too much time on them as with anything else moderation is key

P.S. This goes to the first poster....ahem....it's Grammar...

Answer 5

They are healthy in moderation as anything is in life. They actually make surgeons better at what they do. Recent reseach states that video games help in increasing eyesight by 20% and motor unit skills such as surgery.

Answer 6

In moderation it is good as it makes you use your imagination, creativity and reflex time improves!
But if you get addicted and only play games, then you would get lazy and live in a fantastic world, not the reality:

Answer 7

It really depends. It's healthy to play them sometimes because they give you hand-eye coordination and thumb exersise, but it's unhealthy to play them for a long period of time because then you get lazy and overweight.

Answer 8

i wouldn't recommend eating them... oh yeah, and timo how is playing video games and sitting on your a s s all day different than you being online answering and sitting on your a s s all day?

Answer 9

they say they are not because if you play them too long them you might get seisures and i've played them for like days and i didnt get em'

Answer 10

they may have a little value for motor skills but other than that none. sitting on *** all day.