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Nearly a quarter of the 600 computer gamers from Eastern Cape, Western Cape, Gauteng and KwaZulu birth who participated in the survey admitted to shout shouting, swearing and throwing things while you play games.Nearly 60 percent of young people say they "also" when playing, and children who do not play customs on how their peers have been aggressive in play.
Video games are not as harmless as some parents think.
South Africa becomes more and more children are dependent on their computers and games consoles - a worrying trend that affects their studies, physical and mental.
Film and publication board, which plans to classify the appropriateness of computer games for children, commissioned Ipsos Markinor to conduct a survey among 12 to 18 year olds.
Eight-year-old Johannesburg is a young person in the cyber-addicts.
Play any of these games became popular mania that he neglected his school and started to show aggressive behavior in class.
Dr. Aharon now treating the boy said that as a rule of thumb "Some spend more than four hours a day continuous electronic game can be classified as a cyber-addict.
According to surveys, retailers said it is difficult to prevent children from buying games that are unsuitable for them.
Between 20-30 new games available on the market every month of the new generation of game consoles as the PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii and Microsoft Xbox 360 for sale between R500 and R700. Over one million South Africans consoles.
Children or require older brother to buy the game or some of those whose children have been rejected, they will call the parents to become upset with the retailers not to sell them to children, said the report.
Dr. Aharon now treating the boy said that as a rule of thumb "Some spend more than four hours a day continuous electronic game can be classified as a cyber-addict.
"There is a subtle dependence two hours of interactive games, you score points. This is the challenge of games to attract children. They say their friends for their performance and to achieve a sort of status by playing the game."
I said it was not the root of the problem of negative eight-year-old boy as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. "He just had access to a computer in his bedroom and his parents do not seem to worry too much," said now.
The survey showed that only 5 percent of parents actually monitoring what games their children play. Most parents allow their children to play educational games and electronic sports, and some allow them to play popular games such as the crime of Grand Theft Auto dealer Run, persecution and Red Dead revolver.
"There is a subtle dependence two hours of interactive games, you score points. This is the challenge of games to attract children. They say their friends for their performance and to achieve a sort of status by playing the game."
I said it was not the root of the problem of negative eight-year-old boy as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. "He just had access to a computer in his bedroom and his parents do not seem to worry too much," said now.
The survey showed that only 5 percent of parents actually monitoring what games their children play. Most parents allow their children to play educational games and electronic sports, and some allow them to play popular games such as the crime of Grand Theft Auto dealer Run, persecution and Red Dead revolver.
Her son, Luke, 13, who has a collection of more than 90 computer games, said they were only allowed to play their game when it was finished.
"Gambling is not much violent entertainment and I can not play these games," he said.
Alan Amory, technology, information and communications professor at the University of Johannesburg, said he is not "risk" whose children play computer games, under the supervision of adults. Games teach young people, all kinds of skills. Children growing digital so there is the whole argument that they think differently and behave differently, "he said.
Shuttleworth Foundation's Steve Vosloo said he was "a little moral panic" for computer games.
"There are many studies from the game says is good for education and in the city. I do not think that children who play violent games will go out and kill people."
Several other psychologists have confirmed that they had witnessed a growing number of young people show signs of cyber addiction - Spending hours playing computer games or chatting MXit Wednesday.
"Gambling is not much violent entertainment and I can not play these games," he said.
Alan Amory, technology, information and communications professor at the University of Johannesburg, said he is not "risk" whose children play computer games, under the supervision of adults. Games teach young people, all kinds of skills. Children growing digital so there is the whole argument that they think differently and behave differently, "he said.
Shuttleworth Foundation's Steve Vosloo said he was "a little moral panic" for computer games.
"There are many studies from the game says is good for education and in the city. I do not think that children who play violent games will go out and kill people."
Several other psychologists have confirmed that they had witnessed a growing number of young people show signs of cyber addiction - Spending hours playing computer games or chatting MXit Wednesday.
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