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I don't know about adding stress but I have said for many years that video games are bad for kids, when done in excess like most do.
I think it promotes ADD in kids for one. the games now are so vivid and stimulating that a kid cant focus on something like a book. look at commercials on TV now. they know they need to trigger the senses in people so now they are so "fast" with screen shots like a video game.
we adopted a 12yr old boy. he was addicted to video games and I could see this in him. he could not sit still when doing homework. he literally would be upside down in his chair. he could not focus on something that was highly stimulating his brain. he was even "diagnosed" ADD and given meds. we took him off the meds. he also did not want to take them. we had to work with him on making him focus. school was tough but he got through it. seems to be doing great, does not play as much games as he use to

I have also said they dull kids sense of reality. what was that game that out years ago where you shoot cops or shoot hookers. the older generation will remember this, and it is quite funny but it confirms what I am saying. remember when TV edited the bugs bunny show because it was too violent and they said it was dulling the senses of kids?