7 Ways Online have Games Affected Children

After the digital revolution in India, the reach of internet has grown exponentially. Post 2016 many cheap and affordable schemes were launched by Jio and later by many other telecom companies. Millions of people, who were earlier even unaware about the internet then bought smartphones and started using internet. Internet gave a rise to many things, Youtubers, apps, educators, e-commerce and online games. Has it brought many positive changes in the society and for humanity, there are many negative effects also.

credit: third party image reference

Many children started playing many online games due to many reasons, maybe due to their peer pressure or just for the sake of trying once. Games like PUBG, COC, GTA, free fire, Subway surfers, Candy crush, COD became so famous that even small kids know about the names of these. These games have affected children in many ways. Here some of them are listed.

1. Sedentary Lifestyle is being promoted by the increasing number of players of online games. Sedentary lifestyle is in which one becomes very lazy, remain seated and does not perform much outdoor activity. Sedentary lifestyle results in many health problems.
2. Depression is now a days a common problem among youngsters and students. There are many reasons to it but one reason to it is the increasing online games players. When children engage in online games, they did not realise how much time they have spent in it, and their outdoor activity is negligible, so their energy is not released and they might get depressed.
3. Procrastination is also increasing among children, delaying decisions and work is common among children. Playing these online games is also a reason to this behavior. Playing these games for long hours for days result in decreased mental stamina.
4. Decreased Mental horizon may also be a result of obsession with these games. Children when over engage with these games, it may reduce their mental horizon as their exposure limit to only games and their smart phone.
5. Decreased attention span may also be due to playing online games. When playing online games, children become so obsessive with the games, their interest in other activities reduce and it affects their studies and behavior with their friends and parents.
6. Increasing Physical Problems may also be a cause of being addicted to online games. Obesity, weak eyesight, indigestion, headaches, and many more. Outdoor activities can reduce these problems.
7. There are so many problems caused by these, but these can be reduced by following some measures, mainly, limiting time of these activities and increasing outdoor activities.