Some children spend hours every day on their smartphones. Why is this the case? Do you think this is a positive or a negative development?

Nowadays,

Smartphones

are a major part of our lives. Almost everyone, from adults to kids uses phones for many activities, but

children

are found to excessively use

smartphones

for a variety of purposes like studying, listening to music, surfing the internet, using social media etc and tend to spend hours on their gadgets. I believe that

this

is a negative development as it has many adverse impacts which will be discussed in

this

essay. The main reason why the use of

smartphones

is considered bad

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is due to the negative effect it has on the mental as well as physical health of

individuals

.

For instance

, Many international studies have found that

children

who spend a lot of time on their phones suffer many health problems like obesity,

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issues etc not to mention mental health problems like anxiety, depression etc.

Secondly

, since the world is just a click away with the advent of technology,

individuals

get whatever they want easily and they don't have to search or work hard for it.

This

has a major impact on creativity.

For example

, if a student wants to do

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research about a particular topic he or she just needs to search for the subject on google and there are numerous articles and journals available.

This

is

in contrast

with past times when students had to read and skim each and every book available to get a small piece of information.

Although

this

is a laborious process, the knowledge gained from books is irreplaceable and boosts creativity.

Also

,the more time

children

spent on

smartphones

the more they lose their ability to interact socially.

For instance

,

individuals

are more comfortable texting someone rather than meeting with them personally.

This

adversely affects their ability to mingle with people and

also

negatively affects their personal as well as professional life.

Individuals

tend to back out and become nervous if

such

social situations arise. To conclude,

Smartphones

have become an unavoidable part of everyday life nowadays but,

this

has adversely affected

children

and

individuals

in many aspects of their life and

also

reduced their chances of succeeding in their careers as well as managing day-to-day matters.