ANSWER:
- No, it is harmful to children's bodies.
Video games and digital media play a large role in many children’s lives. Surveys show that young children (ages 2-4) play video games for an average of about 20 minutes per day. This increases as children grow older. Children ages 5-8 play for an average of about 40 minutes per day, and children ages 8-12 play for an average of about 80 minutes per day. Some schools are taking advantage of video games’ popularity and including educational video games in their lessons. One school has even developed a whole curriculum based on video game play and design. Despite video games’ popularity and rising use in education, there is still relatively little research on their positive and negative effects on children’s brains.
