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?

If someone asks

children

what

do

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they usually do during their free time, most

children

will answer they do everything by

smartphone

.

Such

as playing a game, watching

Youtube

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YouTube

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and using social media like Instagram or

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.

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phenomenon

became

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too common now, but I think it's negative and we need to change

this

tendency in a different way. In the past, when there

was

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no

smartphone

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and

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or

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Internet

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,

children

usually

go

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out and

play

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played

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some sports or games together face-to-face.

However

, now we can do literally everything by our own

smartphone

so

children

don'

t

have to go out and hang out with their friends. They can always meet and talk in

online

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an online

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environment. And if they want to get some information, they will search

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the Internet

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or watch

Youtube

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rather than going to the library.

Moreover

,

children

can study through

application

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applications

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or online

platform

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platforms

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even if they don'

t

meet a teacher directly.

This

change looks very convenient and

revolutional

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revolutionary

but there are so many disadvantages.

First,

children

's social

skill

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will get lower as they keep using

smartphone

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smartphones

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.

While

using

smartphone

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smartphones

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, they don'

t

speech out

the

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word

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for a long time and they don'

t

spend much time

to communicate

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with their parents or friends directly. Lack of social

skill

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will lead

children

to become

amature

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a mature

mature

person.

Second,

indiscriminative access to media will impact

on

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children

's bad language habits and personalities. There are so many contents

included

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curse words or inappropriate elements and the regulation system for it does not construct that well. So

children

can

expose

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this

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dangerous environment and get

affect

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with

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it

while

they use smartphones. In conclusion, as

the

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technology

developed

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, using a

smartphone

is essential now but spending the whole day with

smartphone

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a smartphone

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is too negative to

children

's growth. So parents need to restrict the

smartphone

usage of their

children

and try to make them experience other outdoor activities.