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?

With the development of new technology, the world is transforming digitally.

This

digital transformation has led

people

to work with ease and made their

life

simpler.

However

, there are some consequences of technology that are affecting today's youngsters. Most of the

children

are spending more time playing computer or video

games

rather than going outside. They refrain from participating in outdoor

games

or

sports

. I will discuss the cause and negative impacts on

children

's

health

in

further

paragraphs.

To begin

with, youth are more addicted to living easier

life

without any hardship and

this

results in excessive use of technology. Nowadays, most

people

have mobile phones and computers

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homes and

this

is readily accessible to their

children

. With

this

ease,

children

are more prone to the

games

installed on the devices and they enjoy playing those newly invented

games

in the market. Adolescents are

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aggressive and they still need nurturing and guidance from their parents. It is very difficult for working parents to show them the right path and push toward

sports

activities

due to their busy schedules.

This

results in

children

end up making their own decisions.

For example

, if a child wants to go out for

games

and mother and father is busy with work meeting

then

parents provide them with the mobile to play with.

Furthermore

, sitting at home and playing video

games

impacts youngster's

health

and social

life

.

Children

avoid going out and they spend more than 18 hours playing digital

games

at home without any physical

activities

. As per the Forbes study, you have to exercise at least an hour daily to keep your body healthy. Lacking physical

activities

and irregular eating habits

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in obese and their

health

starts deteriorating.

In addition

, if

children

are not participating in outdoor

games

or

sports

they might lose interaction with

people

and difficult to make new friends in society. To summarise, digital transformation has its advantage but

this

has disadvantages if

people

start neglecting the

children

's importance in physical activity. There should be proper guidance to be provided in balancing their computer gaming and

sports

activities

to save their social

life

and

health

hazards.