Are you torn about whether or not you should allow your child to play video games? Listed below are some surprisingly positive reasons to allow your child to play video games that gives you, the parent, the control stick.
Children who play video games are less likely to be involved in gangs or criminal activity. If you look around your neighborhood and community, you will see that most of the children who are die-hard video players they are typically good kids.
As a parent, it is important to be able to take away privileges as a disciplinary technique. However, if the child does not have interests that he or she is passionate about, it is more challenging to figure out how to motivate the child to clean up his room or improve his grades in school. Threatening to take away an activity that a child enjoys doing is a good way to teach your child about prioritizing and time management.
Many video games are violent in nature. This provides an excellent opportunity to discuss ethical and moral issues regarding murder, stealing and other illegal activities. Ask your child if they the video games that they are playing contain stereotypes and/or misogyny. Ask them whether or not they think the game is a fair representation of human behavior and what the world would be like if the game characters dominated the earth.
My son plays Halo on line, and I think it's amazing to listen to the different accents and languages from across the globe. These young men discuss politics and current events while working in teams “to capture the flag”-what ever that means. Playing video games can give your child the opportunity to communicate and adapt to a growing multicultural society. They will have the opportunity to interact with people who do not look like them, talk like them, dress like them, or share their religion. Video games inadvertently teach tolerance for other cultures and religions.
In many neighborhoods there are no acceptable meeting places for young males to hang out and burn testosterone. When your child plays video games he is typically at home where you can observe his behavior. You know exactly where he is and what he is doing. This also gives you an opportunity to meet his friends.
Most video games require players to know how to read sophisticated words and follow story lines. There are many guide books that are very complicated manuals that teach players how to improve their game and reach higher levels. This is an excellent way to encourage young males to read more.
Video games teach players how to be patient. Players are required to learning new skills to reach higher levels of achievement. The same patience can be applied to learning algebra or any new skill.
Video games distract young males from participating in pre-mature sexual activity.
Excellent players are less likely to use alcohol or drugs because it impairs their ability to perform well while playing. .
