Blog Introduction

The main topic of this blog is how violent video games impact children's lives. In this generation our world is run with technology and most kids this days plays video games. Most children love to play violent video games. I myself own a video game console and some of the games I play are violent such as Grand Theft auto IV. Grand Theft Auto is fun game but it has a lot of adult content that kids are not suppose to hear or see. In this blog I posted interesting article that I found on my research, I also posted a couple video regarding violent video games and what people think about this games. I also found articles about the advantages of playing video games that I did not expect to find. Parents should supervise their kids while their playing video games and inform them that what they see and do I violent games are fantasy. Every individual has his or her own opinion about violent video games and everything I posted in this blog are based on my opinion. Please feel free to leave comment on this blog and I hope you enjoy reading my blog.

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Where I Lived and What I Lived For

Henry David Thoreau wrote the article “Where I Lived and What I Lived For”; Thoreau wrote this article as a comparison of his life in the woods to ordinary daily life in towns and cities. Thoreau live in cabin on Walden Pond for two years, during his stay in the cabin he kept a journal to keep him occupied and was later published. Thoreau’s intention in living in the woods was to live deliberately, to font only the essential facts of life, and see if he could not learn what it had to teach, and not.  Thoreau’s idea of living was to eat once a day instead of having three meals a day and to reduce things in proportion. “Our life is like a German Confederacy, made up of pretty states, with its boundary forever fluctuating, so that even the German cannot tell you how it is bounded at any moment.” (Thoreau, 2011) was very interesting statement that he used to compare our life in towns and cities and the life in the woods. Thoreau’s point in this essay was to tell us our lives are surrounded by too much restriction. Most of us are afraid to do this that is outside of our comfort zone. I think this essay complements Marie Winn’s essay “Television” The Plug-In Drug that is about how most of us are satisfied with watching television and not spending time with our family. Not exploring the outside world and letting electronics dominate our lives. Thoreau’s argument is very valid, it is true that most of us are to scared to go to a place that we are not familiar with, we like to live in a place where things are just handed to us. Such as, we can go to the grocery store to buy a week worth of food. In the other hand we need to enjoy life and do things out of our comfort zone.   

Television:The Plug-In Drug

Television Watching Statistics: http://www.statisticbrain.com/television-watching-statistics/

In the essay “Television: The Plug-In Drug” by Marie Winn is about the effect of the television in every American Family.  In this essay win talks about the quality of life, Family Rituals, Real People, and Undermining the family. Winn states that “The early article about television were almost invariably accompanied by a photograph or illustration showing a family cozily sitting together before the television set, sis on mom’s lap, buddy perched on the arm of dad’s chair, dad with his arm around mom’s shoulder. Who could have guessed that twenty or so years later mom would be watching a drama in the kitchen, the kids would be looking at cartoons in the living room, while dad would be taking in the ball game in the living room? ”(Page 439). This statement has a really good point to it because television does not make family closer it actually dominates each family member’s life. Televisions also interfere in every family and it keeps family members antisocial towards other family members. Television shows used to be more pleasant to watch especially cartoons but in today’s shows all there are to watch are useless things such as reality shows like keeping up with the Kardasians. Who cares about their life anyways? All they show is them fighting and drama. Instead of watching reality shows why don’t we just worry about our life and try to succeed in our life because watching reality shows won’t take anywhere in your life all it does is influence how you think and how you act around your peers. According to statisticbrain.com an average person will have spent 9 years watching t.v.In my opinion parents should limit the time their kids watch television and spend more time with their family to keep a close relationship to their family members.

Games and Education Scholar James Paul Gee on Video Games

Evolution of Video Games

Violent Video Games Affecting Our Children

Vessey, J. A., & Lee, J. E. (2000). Violent video games affecting our children. Pediatric Nursing, 26(6), 607-9, 632. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com.proxy.consortiumlibrary.org/docview/199518156?accountid=14473

Link Violent Video Games Affecting our Children

All most every adult are concern about the effect of violent video games to children. Video games can be fun and dangerous too; especially if parents are not keeping an eye on their kids and not explaining them that violence in video games are only fantasy. Parents should tell their kids the difference between violent in real life and violence in video games. In this article the author tells us a brief history of the evolution of video games and how violent video games were developed. Vessey also gives an explanation on how kids mimic things they hear and see as a part of their social learning. In this article you will learn people’s different views on violent video games.

Video Games and Young People

Violent video games and young people. (2010, 10). Harvard Health Publications.the Harvard Mental Health Letter, Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com.proxy.consortiumlibrary.org/docview/1370198458?accountid=14473

Link Violent Video Games and Young People

In this article parents and mental health professionals shares their concerns about violent video games and young people. Mental health professionals concluded that violent video games alters children's personality. Children's exposure to violent video games may increase upon placing video games console in their bedroom or letting them play with older siblings who are old enough to play violent video games. Young people describe violent video games as fun while parents and mental health professionals describes violent video games as isolating and antisocial.