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?

Technology has

involved

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in our

everyday’s

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life, not only for work purposes but

also

served as a learning tool for

children

and

adolescent

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.

Thus

,

many

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younger age

are

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currently

enggaged

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engaged

with devices

on

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their daily activities, resulting in several advantages yet drawbacks towards their personal and

intelectual

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intellectual

growth. In my personal opinion,

this

phenomenon brought more positive impacts, especially in

educational

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field. First and foremost, digital literacy is getting more popular and become

unseparable

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inseparable

from most of

school’s

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curriculum, forcing every

children

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child

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regardless of their age to adapt

with

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to

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this

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new advancing technologies.

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some

argued

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that these

behavior

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could lead to

socially

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isolated mindset, the unexpected benefits arise from the knowledge-processing ability, capability to actively

gained

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information, and language development skills that derived from mastering smartphones since childhood.

Furthermore

,

this

could boost one’s creativity to make new

relationship

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with friends, by utilizing social media as a tool to communicate with others.

On the other hand

,

due to

heavy work burden and economic instability in recent days, many parents are spending more time in the office, thereby

choose

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to give their

children

a mobile phone as a substitute

to

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their presence.

As a result

, many

children

getting

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more dependent

to

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their

gadget

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, and

for

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some circumstances, they tend to seek

for

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entertainment

instead

of study.

Nevertheless

,

this

concern could be addressed by applying a proper guide and

continous

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continuous

monitoring from parents or

caregiver

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as well.

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a

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conclusion, I

had

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strong

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belief that technology plays an important role in major aspects of

children

’s

life

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,

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if it is used

accordingly

and aimed to pursue better self-development.