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

In the era of technological development,

smartphones

are becoming more and more popular so that every single person can easily own at least one.

This

popularity,

on the other hand

, confronts an argument among

parents

and educational experts that youngsters are using

smartphones

for

hours

a day. In my perspective, the most common reason is that

parents

always work in a hectic schedule, so they don’t really have time to control the time of

children

’s phone

use

. In

this

essay, I will

also

discuss in more detail the deleterious impacts of using

phones

for many long

hours

.

Firstly

, it is unarguable that most

parents

allow

children

to

use

phones

because of their intensive working

hours

so they can’t control the time of using

phones

. Most

children

are often unmonitored and not being guided to

use

gadgets properly,

however

, younger ones get addicted to using those devices very soon. To illustrate,

parents

give

phones

to

children

to be convenient in contact,

nevertheless

, many apps which include

games

or vast social platforms are so attractive that users cannot stop using

phones

.

As a result

, the younger generations often cannot stop using

smartphones

which leads to overuse of

phones

. It is clearly seen that playing

games

or joining other types of entertainment on

phones

for a long period can affect

children

’s mental and physical health.

For instance

, joining outside activities is a way to improve physical growth,

nonetheless

, the temptation of entertaining apps on

phones

keeps

children

ignoring physical activities which ultimately limits the

children

's stalwart.

On the other hand

, spending

hours

playing

games

contributes to the

children

’s subsequent aggressive and unmonitored behaviours. It

also

leads to a lack of social skills as game players often isolate themselves and are unwilling to communicate.

Although

games

on

phones

that have violent themes have been forbidden in many countries, tens of thousands of

children

are vulnerable to other forms of violence that spread on the internet.

To conclude

, the main reason for the overuse of

phones

is attributed to the lack of guilds from adults so they get addicted easily. I totally agree that nowadays,

children

have been overusing

smartphones

which are impactful to their mental and physical health.

Parents

and experts need to pay attention and give guilds to youngsters before giving them a phone to

use

.