Today many children spend a lot of time playing computer games and little time on sports. Why is it? Is it a positive or negative development?

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It is a fact that nowadays, a lot of children we see are addicted to
computers
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the gigantic number of
games
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, and they hardly
spare
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time for outdoor activities. There are a lot of reasons to bolster
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view, and some visible influences too. Both
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aspects are explained in
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paragraph. Discussing the reasons, the most common one is keeping the young at home is the availability of
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.
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is because
computers
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are very cheap these days and almost every house has one,
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make
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them computer freak since many
games
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’ software are
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built
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computer and they can play unlimited version of the same game. The other cause is parents avoid children they feel if they are busy with
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, they can do other household stuff.
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, they never bother to see, what they are doing
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Or how many hours they are spending. By
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I mean that they never
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pushed by them to spare time for some physical work or sports which is entirely necessary for them.
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average a child takes 6 hours of sleep and
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6 hours
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school,
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they spend on technology for playing
games
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.
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, they become addicted and feel outdoor
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are tiring and require a lot of
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. The mentioned causes have some potential impacts too. The first in foremost effect is seen with their eyes, they often
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for
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eye pain which is
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excessive use of electronic
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. The other repercussion is obesity since
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no body movement is involved.
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to
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many
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pass by depression, since they isolate
them self
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themself
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in one room and do not interact with anyone may lead to mental problems.
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, my nephew got spectacles and when he tested his doctor said its so weak that he
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lose his eyesight, it was all started with excessive use of laptops and he was so addicted to
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that he
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started his own YouTube
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blogger.
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, it's true to say that it's dangerous since its
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on human health is deadly.
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the topic, it can be
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commented that
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of
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has detrimental effects if not used in a balanced way. So, we should galvanize our children to participate more in outdoor activities and
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is possible when we put our efforts and time
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them.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • allure
  • captivate
  • supervise
  • accessible
  • scarcity
  • safer alternative
  • peer pressure
  • educational tools
  • cognitive skills
  • implications
  • obesity
  • poor posture
  • hand-eye coordination
  • problem-solving abilities
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