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Write a 4-paragraph essay of about 200-250 words on the following topic: Many young people spend a lot of time on the Internet without any parental supervision or control. What are some of the problems caused by unrestricted use of the Internet and what can be done to curb these problems?

#topic #people #time #internet #supervision #control
It is true that children nowadays use their
time
 surfing the
internet
 without any guidance and protection from their parents.
This
 essay will go into
details
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how
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about how
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this
 affects
the
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young
people
 and how these problems can be solved. Teenagers usually spend
time
 indulging themselves in social media platforms and it caused problems for them. A major problem is spending hours surfing the
internet
 affects their physical condition.
Contanstly
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Constantly
 sitting
at
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 one place for hours leads to the
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 in
number
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 of young
people
 with eyestrain and back pain. Another issue is that it hampers social interactions. Social media platforms' algorithms like Facebook or Instagram provide endless enticing posts on their newsfeeds. Due to those algorithms, teenagers neglect
learning
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 important social skills.
As a result
, they perform their tasks poorly in real life
,
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 and fail to make real relationships. There are some effective solutions
people
 should notice.
First
, parents should encourage their children to exercise more. Exercising helps to ease mental as well as physical health.
This
 will lower the risk of sitting for long stretches of
time
.
Second
, make them aware of other things.To illustrate,
instead
 of playing games or using social media, we show them the benefits of reading books and make it appeals to them naturally. It not only reduces the
time
 they spend on the
internet
 but
also
help
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 them to learn more about general knowledge. To summarize, there are detrimental consequences of investing too much
time
 in using the
internet
 for young
people
 without control and management, yet they can be solved with effective solutions and more are suggested to minimize the influence of
this
 problem on the younger generation.
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    • Sentence 2 - Detailed background statement
    • Sentence 3 - Thesis
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    • Sentence 1 - Topic sentence
    • Sentence 2 - Example
    • Sentence 3 - Discussion
    • Sentence 4 - Conclusion
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    • Sentence 1 - Topic sentence
    • Sentence 2 - Example
    • Sentence 3 - Discussion
    • Sentence 4 - Conclusion
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    • Sentence 2 - Restatement of thesis
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