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 technologies have been growing faster than ever in our history. From the product launch event of the first generation iPhone, revolutionary gadgets which
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many different functions
such
as conventional voice call and internet surfing have become astonishingly popular over the world. People began to connect with each other through social media applications like Twitter, Facebook or Instagram with their
smartphones
.
This
phenomenon not only can be observed in teenagers or adults but
also
in
children
. With
smartphones
,
children
no longer need to bring a heavy laptop in their backpack to do some individual activities like learning on the internet, watching movies, reading articles and playing high-demand 3D games.
Moreover
, some
children
also
use their
smartphones
to help them complete homework.
Accordingly
, there are many advantages coming from
this
new technology:
smartphones
that most
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children
on
this
planet can connect to other people more closely, learning on an online lesson in their home or
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with
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families or friends.
However
,
this
means
children
have relied on their
smartphones
and tend to spend
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time on them. Some official observations
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younger people start losing their ability for interacting with other
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in reality, and being addicted to many kinds of games. Parents found that their
children
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difficulties focusing on their paper homework which is assigned by their teacher. In my
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the main reason
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this
condition is that most
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children
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solid self-controling
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to avoid spending too much time on
smartphones
and
this
is
overall
a negative direction for growing
childs
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children
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. The
parents
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have to figure out
a more refined and sophisticated approaches
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to educate their
childs
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children
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how to manage their
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for using
smartphones
.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • smartphones
  • usage
  • technology
  • accessibility
  • convenience
  • entertainment
  • gaming
  • social media
  • communication
  • educational resources
  • addiction
  • dependence
  • negative effects
  • physical health
  • mental health
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