Video games can provide both advantages and disadvantages for children. The advantages include developing skills needed for learning, stimulating imagination, being entertaining and challenging. However, video games may also increase aggression and violence, cause health issues like eyestrain and headaches, and even lead to addiction in some cases. The document discusses both the potential benefits and risks of video games for children's development, behavior, health, and well-being.

1. VIDEO GAMES

2. ADVANTAGES
 To develop skills that children need for the learning
process;
 To stimulate children’s imagination;
 To be good and enjoyable entertainment ;
 To be challenging and fascinating;
 To play different characters in
different environments;

3.  To increase interest in a certain topic or area;
 To give children role models to look up to;
 To develop children’s decision making skills;
 To improve children’s social skills;
 To improve children’s confidence in the real world;
 Etc.
 To be a release of violence and
aggression – make children oriented
towards violence;

4. DISADVANTAGES
 To affect the players’ behaviour:
● may increase the amount of aggression and
violence / make kids uncompassionate and insensitive
towards death;
 More aggressive games on the market than
educational games;
 To make children feel they have got a
lot of power;

5.  To cause health problems such as:
● Neck ache;
● Backache;
● Repetitive strain injuries;
● Eyestrain;
● Headaches;
● Chest pain;
● Fatigue;
● Mood swings.
 Addiction.