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As compared to the past, children these days spend more of their leisure time indoors with computers and TV and less time outdoors. Describe some of the problems this lack of outdoor leisure time can cause and suggest at least one possible solution.

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There is no doubt that
children
 prefer spending their leisure
time
 in front of the big screen to going outside.
This
 may cause many problems
on
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 their health. In
this
 essay, I will give some solutions to avoid it in the future.
Firstly
, many studies have proven that playing video games and watching TV for
children
 has a negative effect on their health and
behavior
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 compared to playing outdoors.
For example
, wearing headphones and focusing on the screen for a long
time
 may cause low hearing and seeing.
Secondly
, sitting for a long
time
 causes backache and weak muscles.
Consequently
, they can not join in any movement activities like running and winning it.
Thirdly
, sitting on the sofa eating junk food and candies
while
 watching a movie or a program will gain them weight with
time
.
That is
 because high of calories in their food without any activity to burn it. There are many ways to solve these problems. In the beginning, parents and schools must collaborate to encourage
children
 to join in sports activities inside and outside the school.
Also
, parents need to spend more
time
 with their
children
 outside to learn them
fishing
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, camping and climbing to help them improve their skills and decide their
hoppies
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hippies
. In conclusion,
children
 need to spend more
time
 outside walls and join
to
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other kids of the same age playing with them under the blue sky and breathing fresh air.
In addition
,
children
 influence by their parents in
this
 life, so they should care about their
time
 and how to spend it in the right way with their kids and learn them how to stay healthy by doing sports outdoors as a lifestyle.
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