Video Games should be banned for people 18 and younger

To start off, I am quite aware that BANNING video games for 18 and younger may seem extreme, but there has been serious problems for kids playing video games so banning them may not be as bad as it seems. A huge one is: They're addicting. Here is an example, My brother, 13 years old, is currently at an outdoor retreatment camp for a few reasons. But one of them is he is obsessed with video games. I've caught him too many times to count in the middle of the night using the computer when he was not supposed to...playing geometry dash. If he had access to a computer 24/7 whenever he wanted to use it I can assure you he WOULD be using it 24/7. I mean, he already uses it when he's not supposed to. The worse part is, when I catch him doing it, he reacts in a terrible way. He basically throws a temper tantrum, and that isn't normal for a 13 year old. The most recent one he did was when I caught him, he took my backpack and threw out every single thing in it all over the floor, and then chased me up the stairs. Another example is his friend and my friend, Toby. He can only play video games from 8:00 AM to 12:00 P.M. And then he can get on again at 6:00 P.M. You might argue limits would be okay. WRONG! I swear from the time he can't uses the computer, he legit sits around and does NOTHING. Toby doesn't play any after school activities, I don't know what he likes to do because I either see him on the computer, or sitting on the couch. The motivation to play video games is also a factor of addiction. Let's be honest, usually teenagers are either super social, or not social really at all. Don't deny it! No one is really in the middle. But since teenagers can also be very awkward, they can usually be caught in the introvert area. People who are caught up in the need for status or simply need an escape from problems. Playing games that give you a sense of victory or control over your life can be a helpful way of coping. This can easily lead to spending all your time online and "shutting out" the world. "When it comes to problems in socializing that might make gamers especially vulnerable to video game addiction, the following factors seem to be important: Lack of successful experiences in real life Low parental support High video game use by parents Divorce or separation of parents Behavioural problems or problems at school Truancy from classes School phobia Poor grades Repeating a grade" From https://www.psychologytoday.com... "A recent two-year longitudinal study of more than three thousand Singapore students found that longer gaming time, reduced social competence, and a history of impulsive behaviour increased the likelihood of gaming addiction after two years. Among the outcomes of pathological gaming are depression, anxiety, social phobias and poorer performance in school. But can social anxiety and other problems linked to excessive gaming be causing the problem or are the result of gaming addiction? A Dutch study of 543 gamers found that reduced social skills appeared to result in increased problem game behaviour six months later though the opposite effect was not observed. Loneliness appears to be a cause of pathological gaming and vice versa though the same result was not found for life satisfaction. Looking at how problem gaming behaviour was linked to social and personality risk factors over time, a team of German researchers studied students in schools in central Germany. Florian Rehbein and Dirk Baier of Hanover, Germany"s Criminological Research Institute of Lower Saxony surveyed 1,217 fourth-grade students and repeated the survey five years later. Questionnaires included information on how children interacted with their parents at home and social adjustment. " From: https://www.psychologytoday.com... Which connects a little to my next point. It brings down your grades. Let's say you just learned a bunch of things at school and ONCE you get home, you want to play a video game. So you play a video game before doing your homework. If you don't give yourself enough time to really let the lessons you learn sink in, you can easily forget them. You don't think when you're playing video games, you're distracted. In fact, you get so distracted you wait until the last minute to get homework done and then you can't remember anything because all that went away when your mind was blank. Kids need to focus on their schoolwork especially when you're a teen trying to get into a good college, or even middle school. If you do your schoolwork and then just play a video game, it's not an easy balance. playing one time is different but video games are addictive. I haven't met a single person who played a video game and didn't talk about it to me almost everyday. Problem video game behaviors do persist over time. Studies show that If you had a video game addiction in fourth grade, it's most likely that you would be struggling with it way worse five year later. Parents can also be ignorant. Back in 2011, Rebecca Colleen Christian let her 3 and a half year old daughter die of malnutrition while she spent hours playing Witch of Warcraft. A three year old. Another thing is, even if video games have age recommendations on them, that doesn't stop anyone. I took a poll in a sixth grade class at my school for a project. I asked how many people here play video games. 70 out of 81 did. Then I asked how many people owned first person shooter games or anything that involved weapons and killing? 63 out of 81 did. Age restrictions don't stop anyone. Which could lead to real life violence. In 2009 17 year old Daniel Petric shot both his parents which was fatal to the mom, because they took away his Halo 3. In 2005, Qui Chengwei stabbed a friend to death when he found out he sold a virtual sword that belonged to him on Ebay for $738.00