The Benefits of Playing Video Games are:
1. Hand/Eye Co-ordination and Manual Dexterity
Games machine play has been shown to help in the development of hand/eye co-ordination and fine manual skills in children, as well as in the improvement of their visual accuity.
2. Enhancement of Learning Ability
Some of the specific educationally based games, can improve the ability of the child player, particularly in regard to the development of their skills in language and math.
3. Creativity
Children who spend time playing on games machines can enhance their creative sides and find that they have an improved understanding of and interest in technology.
4. Self-Confidence/Cognitive Abilities
Playing on video games can enhance the ability of children to reach decisions for themselves, which can then assist them in the development of their confidence. Cognitive ability can also be similarly enhanced.
5. Taking the mind off negatives
Playing on games can, for temporary periods, distract children from feelings of pain, caused by injury or illness, or from other worries that they may have.
6. Recuperation from illness or injury
There are some video games that can be used to help children during the period of recuperation or to constitute one element of a physiotherapeutic programme for children who have suffered an injury.
7. Socialising
Some children, who have problems with their ability to enter into new relationships with their peers, may be helped by playing certain video games, which give them an idea of the meaning of engaging with another person, in partnership, to the benefit of both, and the value of working in a team.
8. Achieving Goals
Video games that provide a reward, within the context of the game itself, for a player who has attained a certain level of competence, can engender a heightened feeling of self-worth and an enhanced sense of self esteem.



October 11th, 2011



