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?

Current
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generation used
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a smartphone
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smartphone
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smartphones
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to support their activity
such
us
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as
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play
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playing
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games, interface
meeting
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or shopping. It takes hours for some
children
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with their
smartphones
. In my view, it has
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and negative
trend
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. On the one hand,
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smartphone
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in
children
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everyday life give a good impact.
Parents
easy to monitor their
children
’s activities and keep them
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from
bad
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the bad
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influence
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they can get from friends.
In addition
,
parents
can filter
children
’s games or
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they are going to play
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their
smartphone
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, and it makes
easier
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it easier
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for
parents
controlling
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their activities. With
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a smartphone
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smartphone
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,
children
can gain
technology
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knowledge and easy to look up the answer
of
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problems they are having by surfing
on
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the internet.
On the other hand
, when
children
used
smartphones
all day gives
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impact
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their health and lifestyle.
Children
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easy to get distracted
with
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their
study
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since they used
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their smartphone
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smartphone
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for
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to
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play games.
Beside
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that, it will make them have hard
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in real life since they only have
interaction
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with
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and virtually. Cyberbullying is happening
for
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someone who used
internet
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the internet
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and
children
can be a target. It
mainly
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because
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can
be access
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with
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and they used it every day. In conclusion,
smartphone
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gives a bad influence
for
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children
like can
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their studies, hard to have
real life
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interaction
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and cyberbullying. Even
tough
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used
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using
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smartphones
all day has negative effects, it has
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a positive
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side too like
children
can boost their knowledge in IT and other things.
Parents
easy to monitor activities and filter any influences their
children
will get. I,
therefore
, remain firmly convinced that the growing trend in
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smartphones
for hours
by
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children
can be seen as a negative and positive impact.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • smartphones
  • usage
  • technology
  • accessibility
  • convenience
  • entertainment
  • gaming
  • social media
  • communication
  • educational resources
  • addiction
  • dependence
  • negative effects
  • physical health
  • mental health
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