How harmful are video games?

As much as we love reviewing video games on our blog, sometimes it’s important to look at the serious topics relating to video gaming, and this question is one that gets asked a lot. It does depends what you mean by 'harmful'. In many cases, video games are educational, but they’re also fantastic when it comes to relaxing and diverting your mind, and sometimes this is healthy for children. After all it’s not just adults that need to take a break. That said, the amount of time in which children are allowed to play video games today is rather worrying. There are some children who are spending all day at school thinking about the games console, and they’ll switch it on as soon as they arrive home from school. This, I’m afraid is not healthy, and as soon as there are signs of addictive behaviour, children should not be allowed to play video games until they can control it. When children eat sweets too often it's bad for their health and playing video games is much the same, they should be played in moderation.