violent video games

Violent Video Games

By Emily Wood

Background

Companionship

EscapeHabit

Learning

Passing TimeRelaxation

The Benefits of Video Games…

What is Violence?

Aggression in Children

Physical

Verbal

Relational

Physical Effects

Mental Effects

• Develop habit of violence

• Become anti-social

• Earn poor grades

• Become desensitized

Spiritual Effects

“A diet of violence…dulls the senses, and future exposures need to be rougher and more extreme.”

- Elder Marvin J. Ashton

Solutions

Review

1. People have certain requirements that are met by playing video games.

2. Violence is the blood and gore you see in video games.

3. Violent content in video games may lead to aggression.

4. They have negative effects physically, mentally, and spiritually.

5. There are a few ways to discourage violence in children.

Questions

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