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Some people believe that time spent on television, video and computer games can be beneficial to children. Others believe this has negative effects on a child. Discuss both views and give your own opinion.

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Nowadays,
television
,
video
 and
computer
 games play a key role in child's life. Few people believe that children who are spending
time
 on
television
 and
video
 or
computer
 games will be more benefited, others think
this
 has harmful effects on them. Here, we are going to discuss how they can gain knowledge and can become sharp thinkers by using them as well as drawbacks
such
 as addiction, obesity, impact on studies and exposure to harmful content.
First
, let us see how children can gain more general knowledge by watching
television
 and how they can become smarter by playing
video
 or
computer
 games. If children play
video
 games,
then
 there are plenty of chances that they can think in various ways which obviously leads them to become sharp thinkers. By watching
Television
, they will get to know what is happening around them all over the world.
Next
, we are going to see side effects of spending
time
 on
television
 and
video
 games
such
 as addiction, obesity, violence, effect on studies and exposure to bad content. Many surveys explained how children become addicted to games,
therefore
 they just like to play for hours without even moving which absolutely leads to addiction and
this
 lack of physical activity leads to obesity.
For example
, if we see children who play war games which involves gun shooting become more violent than children who doesn't play. All of these impact on their studies. There are multiple chances that the children can get exposure to negative content by watching
television
 if parents do not take enough precautions. According my opinion, if we put a
time
 limit for them to spend
time
 on
television
 and
video
 or
computer
 games,
then
 they will get more benefit.
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