New technologies have changed the way children spend their free time. Do advantages of this outweigh disadvantages?

Nowadays,

kids

can benefit from a wide variety of technological tools, and due to

this

fact, the way how they spend their spare

time

has dramatically changed. In

this

essay, I will examine the advantages and the disadvantages of how new technologies have impacted children's lives. I will

also

provide some examples.

To begin

with, the technological revolution during the

last

two decades has inevitably involved the young population and it brought some advantages.

Firstly

, they have the opportunity to gain knowledge and play at the same

time

, and

this

is thanks to new digital items, indeed

this

boosted their neurological connections.

For example

, there are many online games like Duolingo or Guess the word, that has been created with the purpose of giving a funny experience to the kid

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but

also

teaching him something new.

Secondly

, by having full access to the Internet, children can open their browsers and search for whatever they want. Navigating online, give them the opportunity to know a lot of stuff, read the news and learn new information. As an example, my youngest sister is 8 years old and has more general knowledge than me when I was his age, just by searching for new information online daily.

On the other hand

, childhood experts reported one main disadvantage to the fact that

kids

are surrounded by technology. Today children spend drastically less

time

doing outdoor activities, like sports, or playing in their garden with friends than in the past. Data say that 20 years ago,

kids

used to spend at least 2 hours daily on the open hair, whilst today

this

rate decreased only to 30 minutes. By spending less

time

outside and playing

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video games, experts noticed bad consequences among the young population.

For instance

, they are less creative, and they practice fewer sports.

Furthermore

,

this

can lead more frequently to depression. To conclude, despite new technologies bringing more opportunities in terms of gaining new knowledge for

kids

, the disadvantages outweigh the advantages and

this

is due to the fact that new generations spend less

time

with friends doing outdoor activities and are less creative.