Today many children spend a lot of time playing computer games and little time on sports. Why is this? Is it a positive or negative development?

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Nowadays practically every second kid
waste
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a lot of
time
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playing computer
games
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inspite
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in spite
of doing sport. I guess
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because of the new era of virtual reality. We live in
the
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morern
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modern
world full of many options
how
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to waste our
time
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in
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the internet.
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, it might be more
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for the child to play something with his friends via
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internet
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with different effects and without any
preparing
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or without doing something hard, like
sport
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outside.
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, I am sure that spending a lot of
time
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on computer
games
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has a negative
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effect
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on
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health. The kid might have problems with eyes, weight and back in future.
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, communication via chat is different than in real life. So, it may be hard to communicate later. The child can feel
himseld
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himself
a bit lost with others.
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result
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we can see many cons.
Games
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aren't that bad if you control your
time
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. But still, children don't track their
time
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spending
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on
games
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.
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why it is recommended for adults to check it and let
todlers
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toddlers
play no more than an hour per day. After that a kid can go for
awalk
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a walk
, do some
sport
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activities,
play
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and play
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with friends outside. Today many children spend a lot of
time
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playing computer
games
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and little
time
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on sports. Why is
this
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? Is it a positive or negative development?
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • allure
  • captivate
  • supervise
  • accessible
  • scarcity
  • safer alternative
  • peer pressure
  • educational tools
  • cognitive skills
  • implications
  • obesity
  • poor posture
  • hand-eye coordination
  • problem-solving abilities
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