Violence in Video Games can change Kids.

Everyone in life has to have entertainment to be happy, such as playing tag with friends, or video games that has to deal with guns and violence. Some people might get into their games a lot but they don’t have to make it serious in real life. People also say that your mood changes with playing a game that has to deal with violence but aren't quite sure.

Scientist are studying the effects in playing a video games that deals with violence and what changes the way we act around people, According to Benedict Carey in his article “Shooting in the Dark” (2013)  he states that Scientist are studying the effects from the video games (Pg 1). Video Gamers are apart of a study that leads to behavior and the effect that changes your mood and that changes what you do when you're not playing video games such as the way you act. Most video gamers are hopeless with playing these games because most of them change their mood when not playing the game and with in the game the violence never goes away, even when the violence isn’t real. The violence that we see today on the street or even in our own homes are starting to get more and more serious from these games that are teaching kids to become violent as they play the video game.

An example is if a 10 year old is playing GTA 5, then his mood or act can change because he is influenced by the way the game is played, According to Kutner Lawrence, (2008) says that if you play a game that has to deal with violence then you won’t be able to gain more skills. This can lead to a lot of behavioral issues and a lot of violence within their own home. As I grew up I played a ton of games that has to deal with violence and I changed my mood and the way I acted. Also people want to play these violent games but the problem is it that it is too graphic for some people who play it, and also they have labels that state that kids under age should not be able to play this type of game. Even parents should read before buying the game because they will regret it later when they see their kids acting a different way than they usually are.

Some video games can be addicting to its players, even when you're playing a game  you should always take a break and try to focus on something else. Parents don’t realize that not only your kid can be addicted to the game that they are playing it can be very challenging to stop playing the video game. Some kids are so addicted to playing the game and they don’t even do their homework and that can affect their grade, so grade is lower than your kid should have. Some parents expect that their kid is going to keep their grades up but when they play a game like GTA 5 then school work is out of the question. Most schools want to see kids increase on what they know but if videogames are violent and addicting then the schools won’t see a increase on their school work.

More and more kids every day play video games for hours and don’t realize how long it's been since they have done something else like go outside or maybe hangout with friends. Kids get influenced a lot and don’t expect much to come from that. So playing video games can mess up things like Mood or behavior and also school work and how they  act around people. So by this it means that kids get influenced by how the game works and what you do in the game can effect on how your kid acts.