Problems with video games addiction

José Alfredo Aráuz Pineda
Video games are something that almost all teenagers like to play. Video games were invented in the 80’s. The first company of video games was Nintendo. This brand has been famous for many years. There are other brands that are also famous like Sony and Microsoft. The most famous video games are XBOX 360, Play Station 2, Play Station 3, Wii, and Game Cube. Do you have one of these video games? Are you a fan? If your answer is “yes”, you should be worried about it because once that you become an addict of video games you have some problems, like in your school or with your behavior. There are several solutions to this problem that you can put on practice: helping and staying with your parents, reading something, and being with your siblings and friends.
The first thing that you can put on practice is helping your parents in many things. If your father has a company, you can help him, so you are not wasting your time in things that are not necessary for your future. I tell you that because I used to be a person who wasted too much time playing video games, but one day I thought that it was better if I helped my father in his farm. Another thing that people can do is to be with their families. Maybe, you can talk with your father or your mother about your bad and good moments, so in that way you will do something that you will enjoy, and you won’t have to be playing video games if you want good moments. The problem is that the majority of teenagers think that working and staying with their parents is boring, so they don’t want to do it. They think that it is not necessary to help their parents because they think that their parents can do everything in every place.
Another thing that people can do is to read a book or dedicate their time to do things on which they can learn. They can read a book because books have some important information on which people can learn fast. Also, they can read the newspaper, or they may read a magazine. If people do these things they will not waste their time. They will be doing something that is very important especially for teenagers which is that they should dedicate part of their time in different readings. I’m learning English at AMLI, and one of my different assignments is to read a different book in almost every session. I have an XBOX 360, and I used to play video games when I was in high school. Today, I use the majority of my time in reading. I can say that it is something that is not boring. Teenagers can read in their free time instead of wasting their time playing video games. The problem is that the majority of the people think that books don’t have anything funny, and they also think that reading a book is wasting their time because they are not doing anything.
Another thing that I can suggest, is to be part of your time with your siblings or friends. People should play with their friends or siblings in many things. Maybe, they can go to the park with their friends, or they can go to parties with them. In that way, they will share moments with their friends, and they will be satisfied because they will notice that their friends are important things in their life. Also, people can share moments with their siblings. Maybe you can talk with them, or you may play different games with them. For example, I have a brother, and he is only six years old. When I come back home on weekends, I always play with him. In addition, I usually go to mass with my siblings because in that way I can share my moments at home with
them. You should be part of your time with your friends and siblings, and believe me that you are going to enjoy it. The problem is that the majority of the people especially teenagers don’t enjoy being part of their time with their siblings and friends because once that they become addicts, they don’t want to be with their friends and siblings because they think that they have everything with video games.
In conclusion, teenagers should pay special attention to this problem. When a teenager or the people become an addict of video games, they have some troubles in their life. the majority of the time, they cannot think in another thing because they are always thinking in video games, and also they always think in buy more and more video games in order to have funny moments. In my opinion, parents should give some advices to their children. Sometimes parents like when their children are happy. Video games are not the correct way to be happy, so parents shouldn’t give a video game for their children like a gift. You have many ways to have funny and special moments. For video games’ addict, I can tell them that video games are not all in this world, and they had better not continue playing video games.