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
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should be done less,
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it should be replaced by reading
books
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. I personally don't think it's a good idea. To start with, I disagree because I believe some guardians think watching
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is not as good as reading
books
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simply because they are literally limiting it to just entertainment, In
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we are living in there are
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a lot
of educational programs on
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TV
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which can help children learn
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a lot
. In my opinion,
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better to limit them from watching too
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entertainment programs than
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replaced with reading.
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, with the development of technology most of the common
books
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have been put into play, someone can watch or listen to a book
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as much as they can read one. There was a recent research by a
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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
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playing
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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
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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
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and playing computer games with reading
books
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which some parents believe is a good idea.
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