Online Games Negative Effects

Addiction and Addiction Potential Overuse: The major concern with internet gaming is its potential to cause addiction. Over-gaming has extreme effects not only on health and sleep patterns but also on school work in other aspects of life. Due to how interesting games are, sometimes it becomes hard for children to set boundaries and make proper use of time.

Exposure to Inappropriate Content Much of the material in online games isn’t appropriate for the whole populace of a certain age group. For example, there is mature themes, violence, and / or explicit language such that sometimes places viewer exposition to unsuitable content. It is possible that games that seem family-friendly may contain hidden content inappropriate for a child’s developmental stage.