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?

According to doctors

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the world, outdoor sports in one of the most important activity which all the children should spend time on, which not only improves their physical

health

but

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their mental

health

.

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, children nowadays are more occupied with digital gaming

such

as computer games, Play Station and Xbox, which is definitely impacting them in a negative way. Children before

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0th century were not very familiar with computer gaming as the digital enhancement during that period was not as developed as

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urrent day. Those times were called as the 'Happy mud days' in some countries, which implies, children playing outdoor sports all day after school and return home with mud and dirt

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, yet happy and healthy.

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, nowadays, that's not the case. Children not only adapted themselves to indoor digital gaming activities but

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physical sports. The primary reason for

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drastic change is due to infatuation towards modernization and digitalization. Neither parents nor children are properly guided to understand the importance of physical activity in their day-to-day life.

Although

many doctors and scientists kept acknowledging its importance, due to numerous factors, it was ignored. Evidently, these changes are affecting children's

health

in different ways. Problems

such

as deficient

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due to high screen time, vitamin deficiency

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as vitamin D, due to lack of sun exposure, obesity due to less physical moment and

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disability due to lack of social and mental rigidity. These problems will affect them highly in long term, if not taken care soon. In conclusion, computer games have been substantially increased in both developed and developing countries, and the

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of these activities is quite negative on children due

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its own

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hazards. Both parents and children should be educated and encouraged more to add physical outdoor sports into their

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or at least weekly routine.