REPUBLICA BOLIVARIANA DE VENEZUELA.
UNIVERSIDAD PEDAGOGICA EXPERIMENTAL LIBERTADOR.
INSTITUTO PEDAGOGICO "RAFAEL ALBERTO ESCOBAR LARA
DEPARTAMENTO DE INGLES.
ASIGNATURA:READING AND WRITING I.
SECTION 851.
ALUMNA: Briseida Sánchez M.



FIRST DRAFT OF MY INDIVIDUAL ESSAY

VIDEOGAMES MAY BE HARMFUL TO CHILDREN

Over the last thirty years, playing videogames had become a preferred chilhood leisure activity.Children in our culture grow up playing videogames in the morning, in the afternoon and often in the evening. There are some kind of videogames that can be good for children, because may be a friendly way of introducing children to computers, and may increase children's hand-eye coordinatioon and attention to detail, but in spite of, parents think that playing videogames may not good for children, they responded with concern about the possible ill effects of the games on children. In fact, videogames may be harmful to children for three reasons:videogames may affect some children's physical funcionating, may lead to poor academic performance and may cause negative effects in children's personalities.

First of all, videogames may affect some children's physical funcionating. Research has documented negative effects of videogames on children's physical health, including obesity, video-induced seizures, and postural, muscular and skeletal disorders, such as tendonitis, nerve compression, carpal tunnel syndrome, triggering epileptic seizures, heart rate and blood pressures changes. However, these effects are not likely to ocurr for most children. The research date suggests that parents should be most concerned about two things: the amount of time that children play and the content of the games that they play.

Second, videogames may lead to poor academic performance. If children spend too many hours playing videogames each day, when they try to do their homework, probably they will be tired.Also they careless their homework and they couldn't conclude their homework on time. Consequently, they will not learn their lessons and could even fail in school.

Finally, videogames may cause negative effects in children's personalities . Violent videogames can:lead to antisocial behavior in children, lead to delinquency, teach children that using violence is an appropiate way to solve problems, allow players to become emotionally involved with their character and take joy in violence.In addition, videogames play on the user's emotions and can be quite addictive.

In conclusion, if children playing videogames too much time, their health and their personalities can be harmed. Futhermore,their progress in their school can be affected. Therefore, parents should limit the time to play videogames and also to select careful the videogames contents that they play.