COMPUTER VIOLENCE: KIDS AT RISK?

TV and computer games with violence have a negative influence on children.
Children these days only watch TV and play computer games. When they come home they immediately go to the computer to play games. They don’t play with their friends anymore. They don’t come outside and don’t have a social live. That has a negative effect on their youth. They need to play with other friends and play outside.
Children will only think that the society is about violence, drugs and sex. Most children only watch these kinds of programs and plays these sort of computer games. They get a wrong idea of the society. They would assume that life is all about violence. This is of course not true.

A lot of violence on the computer will get children aggressive. What they see on TV, they will most likely do. Violence also effects their emotions. They will get scared and have nightmares. Also, when they see violence on TV, they won’t see the consequences. They will think that it is right to solve problems with violence. Games like this teaches some kids that violence is acceptable behavior.

I think parents must protect their children and prevent their kids from playing computer games like these. Parents should be concerned about violence in all contexts, not just movies, but books, computer games, television, music, and out on the streets. It causes that kids see the world as a mean, dangerous place where others can't be trusted. These characters from computer games are bad role models.

I think sixteen is an acceptable age for playing computer games with violence. When you are sixteen years old you really know the difference between reality and fantasy. Then you must know what´s wrong or right.

Computer games are too realistic. The characters look like real people in a world full of weapons, zombies and monsters.