Online Gaming

Positive Aspects of Gaming

Communication. Online gaming allows you to play games and chat to people all across the world. This can help to improve confidence!
Positive Wellbeing. Playing games can allow you to take a break from work or help 'de-stress'
Development. Some games develop skills and cognitive functions such as co-ordination, brain speed and problem solving.
Social. In a controlled environment gaming can be a very good platform to talk to people and make new friends!

Personal Information. It is very easy to give out personal information to people you don't know.
Cyberbulling. This can happen over voice chat or via messages in-game. It is very common in games where large amount of players are in a competitive environment. If this happens to you, TELL SOMEBODY!
Age Limits. Much like Social Media apps, games have age limits for a reason. This can be due to the nature of the content in them (Violence etc.) ARE YOU OLD ENOUGH?
Time Limits. It is easy to spend too long playing games - DON't LET IT CONSUME YOU!

Much like social media, part of the appeal for young people is to gain as many 'viewers' as they can.
A lot of young people believe they can make a career out of online streaming as they see success that streamers can have. This is unrealistic, VERY FEW PEOPLE ARE SUCCESSFUL!

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