Children of ages 7-11 now spend more time watching television and/or playing video games than before. What are the effects of this on children, Family and society? What are the possible solutions to this situation.

Nowadays,
children
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the ages of 7 and 11 years spend
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majority of their spare
time
in front of the television. Even a greater number of these
children
can spend a whole day playing computer or
video
games
.
This
essay aims at highlighting the effects 
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trend and
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possible solutions. It is not unusual to discover that a
child
of elementary
school
age suddenly starts to get poor grades in
school
as a result
of spending more
time
playing
video
games
.
This
could happen over a long period, say one year as these
games
become addictive over
time
. Another effect is
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in social
life
as these
children
no longer go to the parks to play, they would rather be
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indoors
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in-doors
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playing
their
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video
games
or
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watching
warching
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watching
a movie.
Thus
they become social misfits and live a secluded
life
.
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they could become
school
drop-outs
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due to poor grades and as
such
could turn to crime as they have been exposed to gun violence on TV.
This
trend can be curbed when parents draw up a schedule for their
children
.
This
schedule can indicate
time
allocated for various activities after
school
like nap
time
,
play
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time
and study
time
. Weekends could be allocated for movies or playing
games
depending on the agreement between the
child
and parents. In
this
way, there will be
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all
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round development of the
child
, as social and educational aspects of his or her
life
will be balanced. In conclusion, we have seen the effects of too many movies and
video
games
on the
life
of a
child
. Parents and teachers alike are meant to take note of these effects and proffer solutions as described above for the overall benefit of the
child
.
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