Some children spend hours every day on smartphones. Why is this the case? Do you think this is a positive or negative development?

These days,

children

are spending more and more hours each day using

smartphones

. In my opinion,

this

is a natural consequence of the ubiquity of

phones

and is a decidedly negative phenomenon. The main cause of

this

trend is access to portable devices. Since the introduction of the original iPhone, countless phone manufacturers have imitated Apple’s innovation and virtually every family possesses multiple devices. The owners of these

phones

are typically

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and stressed parents who are often willing to allow their

children

to

use

their

smartphones

to listen to music, watch movies, and keep themselves entertained. In many parts of the world, parents even purchase

phones

specifically for their

children

to

use

. The increased hours

children

spend on

phones

is

therefore

a combination of tremendous access

coupled with

a natural desire to

use

them. The main repercussions

from

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increased smartphone usage among

children

are negative.

Firstly

,

smartphones

have replaced healthier habits.

Children

raised before the advent of the portable smartphone were more likely to read books, socialize with friends, and take part in outdoor activities. These practices are all far healthier physically, intellectually, and emotionally.

Moreover

, the usage of

phones

itself is actively detrimental to normal cognitive development. Many researchers have theorized that the

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spike in cases of dissociative anxiety disorders can be directly correlated with the technological age in general and

smartphones

more specifically. In conclusion,

children

use

smartphones

for hours every day because of their availability and the result of

this

is a steep decline in healthy lifestyles. As governments cannot restrict

such

usage, it is the responsibility of parents to effectively regulate screen time for their

children

.