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

Young people take several hours to use their phones on a daily basis. I personally believe

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trend is both positive and negative.

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the development of technology and an increase in applications, there are more and more social networking sites, videos and electronic games which attract

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to watch and play. Another reason is their parent is too busy with a huge workload and deadline which leads to

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less

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for their kids

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as doing outdoor activities or chatting with them. There are two major drawbacks of

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spending long hours on their screen

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. The first drawback is that affects

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's communication abilities. They are often in contact with their friends through an internet-connected smartphone

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of meeting in person,

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leading to discourage real interaction and

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their emotions. Another drawback is

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who spend too much

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watching videos from websites or apps might cause eyestrain and suffer from various health problems

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as obesity, depression and social isolation. Despite the negatives mentioned above, using a smartphone brings a wide range of benefits.

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have chances to learn various knowledge from huge beneficial information sources. Take my nephew as an example, he has been improving his English skills

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watching many Western cartoon movies from some channels on YouTube. It is a great way to learn naturally foreign languages without learning vocabulary and grammar from textbooks.

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,

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can make friends from all over the world which can help them to expand their friendship network or share any hobbies in which they are interested In conclusion, thanks to the prevalence of technology

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's

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for technological devices is much greater and the use of mobile phones has both beneficial and detrimental effects.