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Can Video Games Help Your Social Skills?

              It is a common misconception that video games can make people extremely antisocial and isolated. Although this is possible if you play video games excessively and do nothing other than play video games, it has actually been proven that video games can do the opposite. Studies have shown that video games can actually make us more social and help us improve our social skills.  Cooperative Play          I'm sure we have all had family game nights and have seen first hand that video games can bring families together. My sisters and I got video games almost every single Christmas and we would play them together from Christmas day till like the summer time. I could see us getting closer, and even my younger sister who is extremely antisocial would join us. The reason cooperative play can increase a person's social skills is because when you have to work together you tend to be nicer since you both have to help each other. The same thing applies to video games t

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