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How do Video Games help Children to Stay Productive?

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Everyone loves to destress, especially after a long day. For me, games, movies, and music help me to cool down after working all day. For kids, TV and games are ways by which they have fun and play with friends. Apart from being a means of fun, games can also be a distraction to kids most especially. But with monitored use of time when playing games, there are some benefits that are attributed to playing games.

A couple of surveys & recent studies have shown that playing video games can help students develop their essential emotional and intellectual skills that support academic achievement. However, it’s not just in-school gaming that gives these benefits, other games has positive contributions.

1.   Gaming Promotes Social Skills and Team-work

The majority of the gamers play with their friends, and very few of them play alone. In most of these games, the players all work together to achieve a goal while they compete against other players. Their teamwork abilities are put to test here, and they must hone their communication and relationship skills in order to come out victorious.

These social behaviors are needed for healthy development – and those with these skills tend to have high self-esteem, good relationships among peers, and excel in school. They are also more likely to have successful marital relationships and careers.

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2.   Video Games make Students Happy and Relieve Stress

Video games can also have a positive impact, especially on those kids with mental or emotional problems. Games give a chance for them to tune out the stress of everyday class. If you do not agree, kids too also undergo stress, and they’ll need to cool off one way or the other. Relaxation boosts memory and helps retention.

3.   Video Games Promotes Individualized Learning

Games allow children to learn at their own pace. Just as every student is different from each other, video games make individualized learning a reality. Each players’ actions are tailored based on their performance and choices. If children are able to solve problems correctly, the game can adjust to present more difficult challenges based on their progress.

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4.   Games Teach new Technical Skill Sets to Students

Video games are a powerful way to get students interested in technology from an early age and teach them basic technical skills that will reap rewards down the road. Video games also promote critical thinking, reasoning, memory, perception, and problem-solving – all of which come in handy for a wide range of technical careers.

As you can see, games are not a total distraction to kids like we use to think. With the right educative games and monitoring, they can gain a lot more from playing games.

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