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.

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the ages of 7 and 11 years spend
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majority of their spare
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in front of the television. Even a greater number of these
children
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can spend a whole day playing computer or
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games
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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
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of elementary
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age suddenly starts to get poor grades in
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as a result
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of spending more
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playing
video
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games
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.
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could happen over a long period, say one year as these
games
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become addictive over
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. Another effect is
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in social
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as these
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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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indoors
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playing
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apply
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video
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games
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or
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watching
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watching
a movie.
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they become social misfits and live a secluded
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they could become
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drop-outs
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due to poor grades and as
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could turn to crime as they have been exposed to gun violence on TV.
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trend can be curbed when parents draw up a schedule for their
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.
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schedule can indicate
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allocated for various activities after
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like nap
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,
play
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playtime
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time
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and study
time
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. Weekends could be allocated for movies or playing
games
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depending on the agreement between the
child
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and parents. In
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way, there will be
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round development of the
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, as social and educational aspects of his or her
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will be balanced. In conclusion, we have seen the effects of too many movies and
video
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games
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on the
life
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of a
child
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. 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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