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Young people spend less of their free time with their family nowadays.What are the reasons for this?Are there more negative or positive sides to this trend?

#people #time #trend
In the current
era
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 youths spend less of their leisure hour with their family. The reasons for
this
 statement and the negative and positive
effect
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effects
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 are discussed below.
To begin
 with, a child may have less time with their family could be
due to
 both the
parent’s
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parents
parent
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 working and at times people
also
work
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working
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 for long hours and during the weekends,
this
 situation can be seen as something
that is
 inevitable, work is
essential
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 fraction of our lives we need funds to survive in
this
 world.
Secondly
,
usage
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the usage
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 of
smart phones
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smartphones
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 is a major contributing factor to
this
 situation. One could use
this
 gadget for many purposes
for instance
 playing games, watching videos on
You Tube
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YouTube
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, or
Tik-Tok
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TikTok
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, and using social media
such
 as Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. Phones could be a very good resource if used in a proper manner
for
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 example,
children
 can get heaps of information about a particular subject,
it
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 can aid in their homework.
On the other hand
, spending more time on
smart phones
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smartphones
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 means less bonding with
the
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family members.
Thirdly
, youngsters enjoy spending their free
hour
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hours
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 with friends rather than family,
this
 could be
due to
 the same interest that they share. Young
children
 will go to the cinema with their friends. More entertainment facilities are available these days which
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include
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 gaming
centers
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centres
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, theme parks, etc. whereby
children
 might like to accompany a friend or go alone. It could have a bad influence on
children
 because they are unsupervised
therefore
, they might engage in activities like drinking alcohol or taking drugs. In conclusion, young
children
 spend little free time with their family and there are
number
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 of justifications which can be either beneficial or harmful to the younger generation
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • independence
  • individualistic values
  • proliferation
  • engage
  • extracurricular activities
  • weakened family bonds
  • traditional values
  • self-reliant
  • social network
  • personal and professional growth
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