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

Nowadays spending a lot of

time

on mobile phones each day has been a habit for

children

.

This

is because of the consequences of technology

development

which allow us to access the devices easily.

Although

we have gained many benefits from

this

technology, I believe that

this

trend is a negative

development

, because the more screen

time

on

children

, the more negative impacts will be received.

This

essay will elaborate in more detail as follow.

This

is the case that happened nowadays since the world is connected by the internet and every day is necessary to have a smartphone to do some activities like having meet or even having classes so that

children

can have easy access to these devices. In fact, it was originally intended to help their activities,

however

,

,

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the usage of smartphones is more in seeking out entertainment.

For instance

, the research conducted by Harvard University shows that the largest proportion of smartphone usage goes to social media activities which it was accounted for over 50 per cent of the total sample. Looking at the

development

of

this

case, the negative consequences dominate

children

more than the positive impacts. More screen

time

for

children

reduces their productivity because most of them are used for social media.

In addition

, it

also

has an impact on a child’s eye health because of the long period of

time

in mobile phone usage.

For example

, there was numerous case that shows pupils in schools lose their ability to focus on learning because of the distraction caused by either YouTube or Instagram apps during classes. In conclusion,

it is clear that

the current situation was forcing a child to use smartphone devices in the long run and it tends to lead to more negative

development

than positive ones.