The negative impact of online gaming on kids

Although the online game can be declared a positive impact on children, experts still recommend that children should not linger long stay in playing the game. Because, also expressed in some researchers, that play also adversely affect children.

Firstly, According to Professor of Psychology Douglas A. Gentile, who runs the Media Research Lab at Iowa State University, Ames, kids addiction, depression, anxiety, and social phobias would worsen and their school grades will drop.

Second, Douglas also mentions over time playing video games pose a risk of children exposed to concentration problems and hyperactivity are two times higher. Meanwhile, when they quit the addiction, depression, anxiety, and social phobias would be better.

Third, there is also a negative effect on the child's social life if too often play games especially online games, are children of time with friends and family became estranged because of association only around online games just not in a real environment.

Fourth, if used to just interact with the game to make children be covered and difficult to express himself while in a real environment.

Thus, because the game is not just a positive influence but also negative effects, required parental role in assisting and supervising children in playing games. Parents should be able to provide an explanation, advice and good information about the games children played. Parents also need to control the children about the limitations of time in playing games that are not excessive and avoid negative effects for children.