should children play computer

            The "violence" theme in most computer games is a hot topic for .
             discussion and debate for parents all over the world. I'm strongy opposed .
             to chidren playing violent computer games. There are a lot of games .
             which show killings in graphic details. In violent computer games, the child .
             player needs to perform acts of violence to achieve the end goal of the game .
             ( for example to use a electronic gun or kill opponents). The child is actively .
             encouraged to identify with the aggresive hero and to rehearse aggresive .
             acts, and is rewarded for doing so. The person who is the best at the .
             violence wins.
             Games are violent because that's what the kids prefer. Kids are no longer .
             interested in simple animation of eduactional games. Children love violent .
             computer games involving human or fantasy violence. Steve M. Dorman in .
             Journal of School Health asserts that:.
             Two-thirds of girls played video games at least one-two hours per week at .
             home, but only 20% played in arcades., while 90% of boys played at home and about .
             50% in arcades.Almost half of prefered games were violent in nature, while only 2% .
             of prefered games were educational.An independent analysis of the 47 most popular .
             video games found violence as the theme in 40 of the games. (133).
             For many people computer games are usually fun and relaxing. On the .
             other hand, games can "have even more powerful influence on violent attitudes .
             and behaviors than traditional media" (Tarja Sakolowski, Department of .
             Psychology). Prof Kawashima said that " there is a problem we will have with a .
             new generation of children who play computer games that we have never seen .
             before". Those games can make kids uncompassionate and insensitive towards .
             death. Playing violent games increases the child's willingness to use violence to .
             solve a conflict and insensitive towards death. Recent reviews of the research .
             literature reveal that violent computer games increases aggressive behaviour .