jeudi 29 septembre 2011

Online Gaming: The Benefits For Kids

By Sakis Mavromatis


Online gaming is something that a lot of parents feel uncomfortable with when it comes to their children. Some of these parents feel that their children are wasting their time playing these games and others actually think that these games might be bad for them. When children are keen to spend many hours in front of the computer screen, then parents are often very concerned about this. For most parents it would be preferable for their children to be reading books or outside playing. It would be wrong to dismiss online games completely though because they can actually be quite beneficial to kids. When it comes to online games, there are a number of advantages to letting children play them in moderation and below are a few examples.

These games can actually be beneficial for cognitive development and will improve motor skills in particular hand eye coordination.

There are many educational games available and these focus on certain skills such as mathematics, reading, spelling, or just learning more about the world. Parents should make a point of encouraging their children to play these games because they are fun and help them to learn. Many of these games are well worth playing because they are actually going to give your children an advantage when it comes to their education.

In recent years there has been an enormous increase in the number of people who work with computers all day. As time passes, we will probably see even more jobs being created that require employees to use computers all the time. The earlier children start to become comfortable with this technology, the more of a head start they are going to have in later life.

These days children often have a lot of stress in their lives. However they can relax when they play online games because it is something that they enjoy.

So there really are some great advantages to online gaming for children. So long as children do not do so obsessively it shouldn't lead to any harm.




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