New Technologies change the way children spend their free time. Do the advantages of these changes outweigh the disadvantages?

Recent technologies alter the

way

kids utilize their spare

time

. Personally, I believe that the disadvantages outweigh the advantages.

This

essay outlines why

this

bears more consequences

as a result

of technological advancement which leads to reduced bonding

time

for

families

and poor academic performances.

First

and foremost, the new features that come with technological advancements mean that

children

spend more

time

on their gadgets than on strengthening their bond with their

families

.

In other words

, a child will be more absorbed in the use of his phone or video game at a

time

he is supposed to be relating with his family and friends.

For example

,

instead

of talking out problems with their

families

, young people use that

time

trying to win a difficult level in their game.

This

in itself is something that never occurred a few years back when kids used to spend their free

time

with their

families

playing board games.

This

shows why disadvantages are more than advantages.

Secondly

, rather than spending their free

time

attending to their academic work, young ones now spend it online trying to chat with their friends from distant places. To put

this

in perspective, the resurgence of social media has resulted in

children

spending all their spare

time

on

this

media platform rather than on doing their homework or improving their grades at school. Take,

for instance

, in a survey conducted on reasons why most

children

's academic performance were poor, it was determined that

this

was due to the fact that a majority of them spent all or most of their free

time

online rather than studying.

This

is a major influence that occurs when new technology alters the

way

young stars spend their spare

time

. By

way

of conclusion, I reaffirm my stance that new technology has brought more negatives than positives in the

way

children

use their free

time

in that it robs them of the opportunities to bond with their

families

and

further

dampens their performance at school. The disadvantages really outweigh any good that may be derived from

this

.