Monday, February 10, 2014

Flappy Bird-Is It Dangerous?

There's this new (kind of new) game called Flappy Bird. It happens to be very popular amongst most people now, especially kids in elementary-high school grades. It is very frustrating and hard to get a very high score on. People have written reviews on it and mostly bad thoughts about it. Yet the people play it all the time and call it addicting. Because they feel a need to constantly get a higher score. I have to admit even I play it sometimes, but it's not addicting to me. Kids brag about their over 200 score, while parents and grandparents just talk about it. 

What if this.........game is stealing kids' education? Keeping them from homework or from things that help the human brain, which I wrote about in my last blog? I may be a kid still, but because I'm a kid, wouldn't I know more about kids' education getting taken away than the average parent? Even though I'm homeschooled. Because I have friends (I won't name names) that go to schools. In fact, maybe, just maybe, I would know more than them, because I have my phone next to me while I'm doing my schoolwork, and sometimes I am tempted to go on it and play games. 

Why? Almost every kid is tempted to do the same. Because they're addicting. Flappy Bird is not a good game in my opinion. I should just delete it. I hope no one is offended or mad at me for posting this blog. I just want to say my thoughts about this newly popular game so that people might think that even a game as harmless-looking as it is, it could be educationally dangerous. And possibly even mentally dangerous. 


2 comments:

  1. HI Cavan....very interesting take on "technology" and kids. Could today's technology actually be hurting quality family time? Would be interested in your response to this. Thanks for the blog post.
    Papa B.

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