Advantages of Playing Video Games

Monica Villa for Babble.com. 7 Reasons Why Your Kids Why Your Kids Should Play Video Games. Retrieved from: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/babblecom/reasons-why-your-kids_b_2664141.html

Link: 7 Reasons Why Your Kids Should Play Video Games.

Most parents thinks that video games are bad for their children because of the blood and gore, intense violence, strong sexual content, and the use of drugs in most games. In the article “7 Reasons Why Your Kids Should Play Video Games” by Monica Villa talks about the advantages of playing video games for children. Villa said, “studies have consistently shown that the benefit of video gaming can far overweigh the perceived negatives. Although we all know that gaming should certainly be supervised, there are good reasons why you should let your kids spend few hours a week building cities or battling aliens.” (Villa, 2013). Playing video games with your children might help your relationship to become stronger and you will get a better understand of the content, and how your kids while spending time with your children. Also, Villa mentions that video games teach problem solving, video games are social, video games provide positive reinforcement, video games teach strategic thinking, video games build teamwork, video games improve hand-eye coordination, and video games bring families together.