Some people believe that reading stories from a book is better than watching TV or playing computer games for children. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

There is an argument that
books
provide more advantages for youngsters than what they receive from television and electrical devices
such
as computers. In my standpoint, both types of entertainment are able to bring benefits to a certain level, but
still
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books
should be a better priority for
children
. On one hand, reading
books
can help
children
to enhance
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ability in reading and understanding certain languages. In fact, content in
books
seems to be more compelling to them than literature texts studied at school and
this
is an effective chance for them to expose
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new vocabulary which is useful in daily communication.
For instance
, when
children
are reading comics, the combination of both pictures and words
provide
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a more realistic imagination for
children
to apparently comprehend and memorize the meaning and practical application of certain words.
As a result
, if parents convince their offspring to study new languages
such
as English, reading
books
could be one of the best decisions .
On the other hand
, it is
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that exposure to television programs or computers can be an alternative to language education but in a more modernized orientation.
Nevertheless
, recently, there is an abundance of unclean
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that
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widely spread and advertised on the internet.
For example
,
youtubers
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YouTubers
or content creators
saying
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bad words continually
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their videos on youtube which have been accessed by a
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of audiences, where the majority is the young generation. If parents do not take responsibility to prevent their
child
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from approaching them, the influences of technology will be deleterious on their future
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. Taking everything into consideration, I reckon both ways of reading stories from
books
or the use of technology seem to be beneficial to
children
in different ways.
However
, they should be oriented to entertain suitable resources on TV or computer games so that they could study and develop in the most appropriate way.
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