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

In recent years, there has been a tremendous increase in the number of

children

spending a huge amount of

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time

on their

smartphones

daily. One of the main reasons for

this

worrying

trend

is

due to

the fact that

parents

are too busy to observe their

children

’s activities.

While

some may disagree, I firmly believe that by doing so, kids will risk their education and lose their future.

To begin

, there is an argument to be made that

parents

’ busy

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and poor communication with their

children

have increased the uncontrolled usage of

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smartphones

by their

children

.

For example

, many teachers in the UK have reported that two-thirds of students who have demonstrated deteriorating academic

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lack of continuous parental monitoring and almost total

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freedom

at their home.

For

this

reason, it is evident that

parents

are responsible for the considerably increased abuse of

smartphones

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children

, simply because

parents

had no

time

to closely monitor their

children

at home. What is more,

parents

tend to buy

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for their newborn

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just to distract them and keep them occupied, which inevitably has led to harvesting

this

habit at an early

time

, so it is harder to control it later.

This

being the case, it can be assumed that if

parents

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dedicated more

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properly raising

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their

children

, there would

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room for

such

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trend

for

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children

. In terms of

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excessive use of

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smartphones

, I firmly believe that

this

is a dangerous

trend

that should be limited.

For instance

,

smartphones

open the door to the internet which has various inappropriate content for

children

, which can potentially harm them and mislead them at

this

early age.

Therefore

,

it is clear that

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doing so,

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could substantially affect their academic performance negatively, clearly because they have no experience in dealing with the dangerous content of the internet.

Furthermore

,

children

will lack the social skills in real life to deal with people and build social relationships,

whereas

they will limit their exposure only to the virtual aspect of communication. With

this

in mind, there is no doubt that if

this

trend

continues,

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possibly damage the future of the next generation.

To conclude

, the

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evidence seems to suggest that

parents

’ ignorance has contributed to the increased use of

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smartphones

by their

children

. In my humble opinion, there should be

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immediate action by the

parents

to prevent any

further

negative consequences from happening.