The Bad Effect of PC Games on My Sister

            Children nowadays are already into technology, especially for the games. The PC game which very popular is one of them. Outside there, many children will spend their time playing it. Once they start gaming, they will be unstoppable. Sooner after that, the bad effects start occurring, it even turns to bad habits. About the bad effects, my sister is also the ‘victim’ of it. The disadvantages of PC games just like addiction, aggressive behavior, and poor health happening to her.

            First of all, she is already addicted to PC games. Once she turned on the computer and started gaming, she could not be stopped unless my mom told her to do so. Although my mom’s words can stop her from gaming, when she really enjoys the game, she won’t stop. Just like a year ago, my mom told her to stop because she already gaming since 10 a.m until 15 p.m, it means five hours straight. However, my sister refused and kept gaming. There was no other way for my mom to stop her except turned off the computer by force. Realizing that, my sister begged and begged my mom for another half-hour. That was a proof that her addiction of PC games already on risk.

Next is aggressive behavior, just think, if someone banned you from something you like a lot, of course you will feel upset. Same case as my sister, when my mom disallowed or stopped her from gaming, she would feel upset as well. Her tone of speaking increased, her face also turned gloomy. In the other hand, while she was gaming and there was problem with the game or the computer, she got mad. She would hit any object nearest such like the mouse, the keyboard, or the monitor continuously till the game and computer works well. I could say that she was totally become aggressive when playing the games.

The last is the most important. Her health will decrease. She rarely moves her whole body when playing, even though when she moves, it is only a little. It causes many impacts for her. First, because she always focused her eyes to the monitor without any movements, she could get eyes strain easily. Second, her hands also barely move, of course pain and swelling will occur. Those things make her physically tired; I mean she would be sleepy easily. Obviously, it also turns her into a lazy person, she always being reluctant to do the homework or home task. Even though she does it, the result will not be really impressive, because her way of thinking still mixed up with gaming. In other words, the games not only affect her physically but also mentally.

It seems hard to reduce my sister’s habit, but my mom had thinking about it. She does not want to ban her from her favorite, but she does not want if my sister becomes too addicted either. In that case, she only allows my sister to play PC games on her days off, and no more than 3 hours. If my mom found out my sister playing on the regular days, she will simply ask her to turn off the computer immediately, or let her playing for 30 minutes only. That way is effective enough to decrease the bad effects. On this time, my sister seems much ‘normal’ and healthier than before.

By: Nanda Rani H

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