In many parts of the world, children and teenagers are spending more and more of their time indoors. What do you think are the causes of this problem? What measures could best be taken to solve it?

Nowadays, in many parts of the world, children and teenagers hardly leave their homes, preferring to sit in front of a screen

instead

of being in the open air.

This

was not the case even as recently as 10 years ago

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when I was a teenager. The causes are many.

Firstly

, let us consider how social media sites contribute in

this

direction. In the

last

few years, their use has grown toxic as teens are more and more addicted to them. They spend their entire day scrolling on their phones over and over again forcing a physical isolation from the real world.

This

fact creates an imbalance within the relationships as they are based on mere text communication. For

this

reason, youths feel uncomfortable during live communication and they try to avoid it. Another reason is

due to

the strange families that are taking place in modern society. On the one hand, parental carelessness for their kids leads them to live with everyday issues all by themselves. On the other hand, parents are getting overprotective so much so that they don’t even let their children practice any sport as they could catch a cold or worse they could get sick.

Finally

, a very small portion of young people is under more pressure to study hard to ensure they get the qualifications they need to secure employment.

This

means that they have less time for outdoor leisure pursuits. A related point is that access to study is now almost always done at home,

whereas

in the past it often involved going out to a library or lecture hall. There are a number of measures that could best be taken to solve

this

problem. First of all, parents should understand how important it is to play sports; I am referring to team sports

in particular

as they lead inevitably to teamwork and

therefore

to live communication.

Secondly

, parents should take better care of their children

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control their habits. I am not suggesting obliging them to stop using their mobile phones and social media, but I strongly believe they should whittle their use down.