Because kids are continually using screens for entertainment they are losing their social skills. A common scenario that I see is a room full of people and seeing young people playing games on a tablet or phone. These kids are losing a great deal of knowledge and experience that they could be getting from other people. As this scenario continues to happen their social skills diminish. Which creates social awkwardness once they are approached. Also, instead of being creative, as I was as a child, they rely on a video games for their entertainment. It is not ideal for young people to be in a room by themselves glued to a screen rather than playing and socializing with friends and/or other neighborhood kids. Doing this often leads to laziness in young people.
Another way that video games affect young people is they lose the ability to be physically active. Just as I previously mentioned, if kids are choosing to sit in a lonely room playing video games, their physical abilities are getting ignored. In fact, they are probably making it worse as they sit playing games as they eat something that might not be too healthy for them. This lack of exercise is not healthy. It is more important to go outside and socialize and play with friends. Often as the young people sit by themselves and play these games they have a tendency to bottle up emotions, and they have no way of expressing them because they haven't learned how to socialize.
The content of these games are not always appropriate for the younger people. Some games are very strategic with decisions the player has to make which often leads to a bloody, violent act. This is not suitable for young children, yet alone adults. As these inappropriate acts are being justified on a screen, it is often difficult to decipher between reality and fictional. As those bottled up emotions, with no way of expressing them, overflow, a violent act could occur which puts the rest of society in danger. I am not stating that the mass shootings are a result of video games, but I am mostly referring to the "gamers" as being disrespectful or snappy to peers and adults. This is not healthy for society.
It is bold to make these assumptions because even the "proof" that is provided is very subjective. Also, as a society, we have ourselves to blame for the screen time. It is too convenient to put our children in front of a screen because they are not making messes, destroying the yard, or causing any trouble. I just think back to my younger years and remember the fun times I had with friends and cousins. Those memories aren't being made as kids are starring at a screen with nothing to gain or learn once the system is turned off. As a society we should control the monitor time our kids, and ourselves, are using each day. It is more important to socialize, be proactive, and learn to share and express our emotions to one another.
