It has come to my attention, that many people believe modern video games and violent games are hazardous for children. Games are meant for people to have fun, or do something when they are bored. Most video games were designed for people to perform any insane thing that they wouldn't actually do in the real world. I know that is what I do in video games; I like to crash cars and use violence when I play video games, but I wouldn't do any of those things in the real world. However, some kids could be influenced by these games in the wrong way, and the games could turn serious. Teenagers must not be allowed to play violent games.
First let’s look at the argument that many put forward, that games teach precious lessons in sportsmanship. It turns out though, that games mostly teach kids to think about winning and having a competition. The children refuse to lose. According to Guy Martin in his article “High-Jinks: Shoot-out” (2009), he talks about a violent game called Killer that high schoolers play, and said, “Jake Protell and his squad-Paulie Lowther, Charlotte Istel, and Mark Croitoroo-mowed through entire teams, racking up thirteen kills in four days. In five hours on Memorial Day, Lowther, a member of the winning teams from 2007 and 2008, shot a boy sitting on his stoop in Boerum Hill”. Let’s think about that data for a moment, teens are willing to kill people and do anything they can to win a game. The violent game is encouraging the teenagers to kill one another, which is a difficulty. Martin implies that Paulie Lowther killed “a second [person] as he ventured from his country house to Cobble Hills, and a third whom he duped into coming to a party in the village”. These events teach kids to value winning over losing, and that they will undertake anything to win. Those values aren’t going to lead children to success in their lives.
Another claim that many will make in support of teens must not be allowed to play violent games is that it will help them academically. Instead of the students wasting their time playing the game for example, Grand Theft Auto V, they could be working on their school work. According to Erik Kain in his article “Do Games Like ‘Grand Theft Auto V” Cause Real-World Violence” (2013) said, “it’s kind of hard not to make a connection [between games and the Navy Yard shooting] when you hear [the shooter's] friend saying that he would watch on a life size screen these violent video games for hours and hours and hours and hours and hours”. The kids will stop playing games and actually learn academically, if teens were banned to play violent games. The author also input,“We always worry about the decadence of our children, the dilapidation of our future society, the immoral nature of people who engage in activities we don’t quite understand”. This is proof that the kids are taking time out of when they could be getting a good night’s sleep for school the next day, or they could be engaging in their studies, however instead they are playing violent games.
Nevertheless, teens playing violent games could construct them to have confidence and not give up trying for something they want. This is a quality trait to have, especially as a student. Guy Martin announced in his article, “High-Jinks: Shoot-Out” (2009), that the team “...had to take Choen out before they could move on to their next victims.” This apprises that, the kids are likely to be persistent on trying for something they want, and they contain confidence, that they can accomplish it. While this is a very considerable trait to have, the teens are using it in the wrong ways. They are not giving up on using violence, when instead, they shouldn’t be giving up on trying at school.
I hope you can see that teenagers must not be allowed to play violent games. We have intense competitions where each teen wants to be the winner, and we have kids who are failing academically in school because they want to be playing violent games instead of working on their studies. We can change these things by not allowing the teens to play the violent games. It could save them in the near future academically, and personally.
Bibliography
Martin, G. (2009, June 22). “High-Jinks: Shoot Out.” The New Yorker, p.27
Erik K. (2013, September). Forbes Magazine. Retrieved from
About The Author:
Lorena Ceno was born in St. Louis, Missouri. She is 14 years old, and attends Premier Charter School. Lorena enjoys being around her friends and family, and having a good time for her future.
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