Some people believe that reading stories from a book is better than watching TV or playing computer games for children. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

It is generally thought that playing video
games
or watching television is less advantageous than reading stories from books. From my perspective, I don’t totally agree or disagree with
this
idea. On the one hand, there is
a
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main reason why reading is better than watching
TV
or playing computer
games
to a certain extent. The thing is these activities
such
as playing online
games
are not as effective as reading stories from a book. To be particular, while books provide us
practical
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life skills,
TV
not only makes us more and more distracted
in
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working but
also
seriously affects our physical health.
This
can be demonstrated by the fact that the majority of youngsters can face some disease related to
eyes
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namely nearsightedness because of spending too much
time
on
TV
or computers.
On the other hand
, devoting
time
to watching
TV
or playing online
games
has some advantages.
To begin
with, playing online
games
helps us make close-knit relationships among friends on the Internet.
This
is exemplified by the fact that in
this
day and age, there
are
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a great deal of
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a lot of
many
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online
games
like Pubg or Free Fire that make us cooperate together.
Moreover
, watching
TV
is not totally harmful
for
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people if they know how to control
time
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spensing
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spending
on it. If youngsters literally watch it at least 2-3 a day, they can catch the latest news and create their discipline on a daily basis. In conclusion, I strongly believe that each has its own perks;
in other words
, both playing computer online
games
or watching
TV
and reading books have merits and demerits.
Therefore
, people need to balance the
time
spent on them.
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