‘Online gaming addiction is having severe undesirable impacts on children’. Elaborate

Answer: Recently, two incidents of online gaming addiction turning minors into criminal have come to the fore. While in the first case, a boy stole money from his house, whereas another, boy went on to kill his mother.

Impact of Gaming Addiction on Children

  • The worrisome fact about most of online games is that there is no end to it. If you clear one level, you are introduced to another challenge. Thus children get alienated socially.
  • Many primary school age children play games with violent, sexualised or highly realistic content which have an emotional impact on children.
  • Children and young ....
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