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?

Nowadays,

due to

the vast number of hobbies available and the busy schedule of parents, some

children

spend

hours

on their

smartphones

.

This

presents

children

with opportunities

as well as

challenges. It seems to me that

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impacts outweigh the positives, and I will explain why in

this

essay.

Firstly

,

children

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with various health problems by spending

hours

on their

smartphones

. These range from physical to mental issues.

For instance

, the pose that

children

have

while

surfing on the internet

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to cause back and neck pain over

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time. Another common issue is the trouble

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falling asleep which is caused by looking

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for long

hours

.

Furthermore

,

children

need human interaction to develop social

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,

thus

spending long

hours

on their

smartphones

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this

strand of development. The final and perhaps most significant problem is the fake role models they might pick up on

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social media platforms. By

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we mean that

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children

at young ages appear to be unable to identify

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of the information they are receiving

thus

could be misleading and harmful to them. It is true that there are some positives to the use of

smartphones

, most notably the vast amount of information and good hobbies available in many cases. Despite

this

, it seems that for many youngsters these positives are outweighed by negative impacts which could harm their

overall

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.

To conclude

, the physical and mental issues

together with

the need for social interaction are combined to make

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of

smartphones

a potentially harmful experience for most

children

.

This

is not to say that all

children

would suffer

this

way, but it appears to be the case very frequently.