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/^t/Summing up, video games are harmful to children because they are a waste of time, they affect children's natural development, and they promote violence. What is really annoying about these games is their increasing popularity among youngsters. Something should be done to stop it or, at least, to decrease it. In some countries, in Australia, for instance, the governments have tried to control the distribution of video games by banning games which promote violence. The responsibility rests, however, on parents who should spend more time with their children rather than leave them home alone. If, this happened video games would lose their power over young people's minds.