2. What distinguishes young people from their parents' or grandparents' generation is a lack of physical exercise. Today's generation are spending far too long-playing computer games, chatting aimlessly on social networking sites, or simply watching TV, and too little time being active. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

Since we have been little, our parents and grandparents used to always tell us anecdotes about their lives. Most of us spent hours laying at home on our family couch, listening to stories and looking at pictures.

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, what they would always highlight is how different our generation actually is. Some of them envied us, others stood still in the conviction that old times were much better.

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, we remained in the middle, not knowing who was actually right and who was not. Undoubtedly, we must admit that much has changed since our parents were young. One of the main innovations sure was that of technology, which continues developing from day

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. Nowadays, from a young age, children grow up in constant contact with technological devices

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as phones, computers, TVs and much more. They get used to playing computer games, chatting online, and posting on social networks. Sometimes so much, that they end up forgetting about reality outside the screens. Of course,

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tendency to isolate themselves from the rest of the world and close up in technology

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has led to a high number of problems, including the lack of physical activity. In general, physical exercise has always been seen as a useful method of venting, and sometimes still is.

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, in some cases, it has been proven that children’s tension towards electronics has subtracted time that was once dedicated to sports. They appear to be so drawn to the online world, that they reject any type of outdoor activity. Sports that would once be practised for fun, are now seen as parents obligations. Of course,

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represents a huge generational problem, to which I believe more attention shall be drawn. Technology, in fact, represents a threat to physical activities just as much as to all other spheres of social and personal life. In my opinion, by limiting and reducing time spent online, children could be able to rediscover the beauty and fun of physical exercise.