A child decided to kill his mother in the Moroccan city of Sefrou. Because of the "Free Fire" game; The anatomical report revealed that the mother suffered a severe blow to the level of the head, which caused a fracture at the level of the skull and wounds to the scalp, followed by bleeding around the brain tissue.
The Moroccan newspaper, Hispress, said that the 15-year-old is obsessed with playing the free fire game, and while he was playing his game, he was surprised that his credit was running out from the Internet, so he rushed to request money from his mother to recharge the balance so that he could continue the game on his phone, but the mother decidedly refused Her opposition to this game caused the child to become obsessed and neglect his lessons.
This caused the child to become angry and entered into a quarrel with her, which ended with him pushing her hard, and she fell and hit her head on the ground, to enter into a coma and die, and the child kept screaming next to her body until the neighbors came and informed the police of the incident.
The newspaper added, "Now the child is in the juvenile wing of Burkays prison, suburbs of Fez, to confront him with what is attributed to him by the public prosecutor, and it is related to the crime of manslaughter and intentional harm."
What is the "Free Fire" game
It is an electronic shooting game, it became the most downloaded game for mobile in 2019, due to its popularity, after it recorded more than 500 million downloads on Android devices, and it won the best popular game award in a vote from the Google Play Store in 2019, to achieve more than a billion dollars all over the world.
The game contains fifty players who congregate in one place in search of resources and weapons to kill the opponents who intercept them, and each of them defends until the last living person remains on the island.
What is the social impact of violent games on children?
As for the effects of violent games, including Free Fire, on the child's social health, and the way he communicates with society, researchers in Norway studied the social effects of video games by following 873 children aged six, eight, ten and twelve.
The results showed that boys played more video games than girls, but more electronic games by the age of 10 were associated with less social competence.
The researchers found, however, that better social competence at the ages of eight and ten was associated with playing less games.
Scientists say that video games may affect girls negatively because games do not usually represent a large part of socialization for them, but on the other hand, boys often play with their friends.
And sociologists note that because girls ’games are not part of the social norm, other girls may be less accepting of girls who play a lot.
According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, reasonable limits should be set when it comes to the length of time a child spends playing on the electronic screen, or when this affects other activities or makes him avoid mixing with friends.
The psychological impact .. Why do violent games make children more aggressive?
Over the past two decades, a large number of studies have been released claiming to create a link between violence in electronic games and societal aggression, with the American Psychological Association reporting, in 2015, that a relationship was observed between violent video game use and aggressive behavior.
However, in 2017, the Media and Technology Psychology Association claimed that little evidence emerged of a causal or correlation between playing violent video games and actually committing violent activities, according to Gulf News.
To that, the results of a Korean study published in 2014 indicated that violent video games have a direct significant effect on aggressive behaviors, and a significant indirect effect on positive social behaviors.
The researchers advised the necessity of discussing the restrictions and the consequences that may affect the child as a result of these games, and the necessity of adopting different approaches to prevention, reducing aggressive behaviors and increasing positive social behaviors among students exposed to addiction to violent video games, according to the Sage Journal scientific site.
How do we control our children?
1. Play a video game with your child
Let your child teach you one of his favorite video games and try it, you may find the game useful or difficult, but in any case, you are showing your child that you are open-minded and ready to try something new, then ask him to reduce the time he spends on video games, as there is a better chance because He listens to your suggestions.
2. For one week .. Count the time you spend playing video games
Ask your child to keep a record of the time they spend playing and, at the end of the week, show them a visual representation of how much free time they spend on this activity, is it 10% of their time or 50%, your child has probably not thought about it, and he may be surprised at the results . Once you have some actual data, any discussion of how much time you spend playing it gets eliminated, and you can tell if there's a problem and to what degree.
3. Show them the importance of time spent on other activities.
Remind them that there are other useful activities that substitute for games, such as spending time playing an instrument, sport hunting, life, or observing garden plantings.
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