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Some people believe that engaging in an active pastime does more to develop children`s life skills than time spent reading. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

#people #pastime #children`s #life #skills #time
In my opinion, nowadays most
of
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children
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 do not like reading, they usually prefer
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 some gadgets
instead
 of reading. But it
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 on the person. Everybody
have
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 a choice
what
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 to do and how
develop
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 in society.
Firstly
, there are some advantages and disadvantages.
Life
skills
 it is really important because it is shows
to
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another
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 people
in
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which situation was a child and how he or she solved the problem.
On the other
hand
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 not all
children
 can not survive some really hard
situation
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 for them and after
that
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 they might be will have
problem
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 with mental health. Reading is one of the most important
aspect
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 of
the
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education. We get more knowledge when we are reading. Reading is about how we understand,
for
instance
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a
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books, texts, articles, news or some new information for us. Reading books help us to broaden our horizons and
also
 help us make a correct speech. In my opinion, there is has something connect between
life
skills
 and reading. It is about how we accept or understand the situation in
life
 or information from reading. I see it like that, but it is
also
 different. In my view, reading and
life
skills
, both of them develop us, but it depends on the child and what
for
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she
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 or he more acceptable. Every child
have
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 their own personality, character,
preferences
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. In conclusion, I believe that reading
develop
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 us in
the
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 good way.
Life
skills
is
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 good, but not always for
children
 in my view. I want to that
children
 will be more
interesting
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about
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 reading and
also
life
skills
 too.
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