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Some parents believe that watching TV and playing computer games should be limited and substituted by book reading. Do you agree or disagree?

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Some guardians argue that playing computer games and watching
TV
 should be done less,
instead
 it should be replaced by reading
books
. I personally don't think it's a good idea. To start with, I disagree because I believe some guardians think watching
TV
 is not as good as reading
books
 simply because they are literally limiting it to just entertainment, In
this
era
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 we are living in there are
alot
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a lot
 of educational programs on
the
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TV
 which can help children learn
alot
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a lot
. In my opinion,
its
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 better to limit them from watching too
much
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 entertainment programs than
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it
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 replaced with reading.
Moreover
, with the development of technology most of the common
books
 have been put into play, someone can watch or listen to a book
in
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as much as they can read one. There was a recent research by a
Japan
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 research project, which was carried out in the year 2017 that proved most children learn and benefit more from educational television programs than just reading
books
.
Furthermore
,
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playing
of
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digital games is a beautiful way of relaxing the mind. As the saying goes "All work and no play makes John dull", recreation is
a
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 best way to restart one's brain and refresh it from all the fatigue. In summary, I don't agree with the opinion of substituting watching
TV
 and playing computer games with reading
books
 which some parents believe is a good idea.
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