Books vs

Computer Games

This is a massive subject and has been talked about by scientists, to mum’s trying to get their children off the computer or console. Ask yourself have you ever lay down in bed with the sun shining through your window, or the rain pouring down on your roof and read a good book for half an hour, and just relaxed?..............

A good book can put you in a world where you feel like you’re inside the book and the characters are next to you. Have you felt the feeling of a cliffhanger and you urging to know what happened next. Of course as a kid I love computer games and they are great for having a good time quick and great for chatting to your friends. But books have a way of releasing stress or tension, The fun of a good book or series lasts way longer than a quick burst of technology. I don't mean phones as much they’re great for contacting friends and family but in  computer games you can’t contact your family, you end up on your own in your room spending hours and hours wasting time on your laptop.

People have done so much research on this topic and have proved that gaming can be linked to aggressive behavior and poor grades in school. people are spending more time worrying about getting home than concentrating on work. It’s no lie that videogames cause attention problems, people are constantly thinking about getting home and jumping on the computer than thinking about school work. Video games also are the answer to sleep problems, kids would rather lose sleep than lose hours of computer games.

Violent video games have always been up there in the charts of the top selling are are thought by some to be the most addictive. For some people it’s their life, competing in competitions and making it their world around them. For most people they don’t take gaming too seriously after they hit late teenage hood, but you read throughout your life, if it’s the menu of a restaurant or a magazine, you always read, people don’t usually game in their later life though.

In conclusion kids and teens will always be very connected to technology and more in the coming years, but books are becoming more and more distant to kids and teens in the meantime. If you really don’t like books than read a comic book it has the same effect. The facts done by scientists are true to only some video games. Sleep problems are only caused by yourself staying up too late and aggressive behaviour is linked to only certain games. All in all we should spend time doing both, vary who in the evenings and weekends and always remember to exercise. By Laurence