Ever wondered if your child’s special interest in online gaming can also build and shape up his or her character and personality? Yes, it is possible. Unlike adults, who have an insight of right or wrong, kids get influenced by external factors easily i.e., taking up characteristic traits of people they see in their favourite cartoons, movies, or people from real life.
Similarly, they sometimes tend to idolize or grow hatred towards characters in online gaming, which has a steady growth in the global market. So, here are things you need to know about Online Gaming:
- Source Credibility: Everyone loves playing, especially kids love to play be it any game or sport. After their fascination towards cartoons, if there’s something that has grabbed their attention and kept them hooked these days, it is online gaming. Its enhanced audio and visual effects makes it more real and attractive to children of all ages and, even adults these days have grown fond of such games. But, it is important for parents to supervise the credibility of sources from which they download games or play online for there are many fraudulent sites in the internet that leaves your computers with viruses or hold your credit or debit card information and draw money unauthorized. So, it is always better to stick to known and trusted sites like Nintendo, Sbobet88, Zuma and other safe websites that provide you with a good gaming experience.
- Virtual Connectivity: With its growing popularity and fondness, a lot of people around the globe have developed a liking towards Online Gaming and the gaming world has now begun connecting them with one another. This way, kids meet a lot of people online who share their love for gaming and instantly connect with them both online and sometimes offline also. Since there are lot of people who lure kids through such sites, and the possibility of kids getting abused and harassed online is higher, parents should constantly monitor their kids’ activity on the internet for the best interests of their children.
- Choice of Games: The games children play can make or break their personality due to the major influence they have on kids due to their attractive and interactive user interface. There are games that stimulate brain activity with improved focus and multi-tasking and decision making skills. And, a lot of games these days appreciate thievery and inflict a lot of aggressive and violent behaviour or also expose to them to abusive language or graphic content which has an adverse effect on them resulting in them taking up such behaviour and inflicting them on other kids. To prevent this, parents themselves can enrol them in games that build their personality and character.
- Chance of Addiction: Internet is the new Television due to its ability to reach masses and influence them. But, unlike television it is also interactive which makes it even more appealing. So, there are chances of kids getting glued to their mobile phones or laptops just like kids of 90s being glued to their television sets. Since a lot of games have time-based activities like finishing up tasks within a specific time period to keep them hooked, so children are either rooted to their spot or are constantly checking their mobile phones or laptops for any notification on their progress in the game neglecting their other duties. Games are very persuasive by nature, so children tend to get carried away by it, so it is best confine their gaming privileges to a particular time period.
- Information Privacy: A lot of games online require kids to login or signup with their website to access the games, so parents should advise their kids to not to reveal their personal information like age, name or location or even agree to meet people they meet online. It is better not to enter into ‘game room’ or ‘chat rooms’, so as to maintain privacy. Some websites will even require you to ‘subscribe’ to their website to get advanced privileges or to progress in their games to get a hold of their card details and extract money from them.
Gaming online can have a very positive effect and can be an enjoyable experience to the children provided they are constantly monitored by the parents.
Parents are also advised to tell their children to share with them about their gaming experience on a daily basis and also notify them about any unusual behaviour from other people while gaming, without any fear, thereby providing them with a safe environment.
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