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?

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Several
children
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use their phones for hours daily.
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is
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the lack of parental restrictions on the daily usage of smartphones, and I think
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a negative development because it can delay the speech ability
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a
child
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. Many
parents
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have to do both parenting and working at the same time,
this
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can result in the lack of attention that they give towards their
child
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, including the
child
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's phone usage. As a
child
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needs to be constantly entertained, a busy parent will resort to giving their
child
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a phone in order to make the
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distracted
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they are doing their job.
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, many working
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who can't afford a nanny, will most likely
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give their
child
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a phone to keep the
child
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busy.
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,
this
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habit could lead to
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time for many
children
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. I believe
this
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is a negative development
due to
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the fact that a phone-addicted
child
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will most likely experience a speech delay. Even though many
parents
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try to teach their
children
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to speak, the fast-paced information and content that their
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are seeing
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their smartphones make it very hard for
children
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to comprehend the concept of a language.
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, many
children
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with over screen time, only be able to talk fluently after the age of 4,
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children
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who don't, are able to talk at the age of 2.
To conclude
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, many
children
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are spending a lot of hours on their phones because of the inability of their
parents
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to give them the proper attention. I think
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is a negative development because
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phenomenon can lead to speech delay for many
children
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.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • smartphones
  • usage
  • technology
  • accessibility
  • convenience
  • entertainment
  • gaming
  • social media
  • communication
  • educational resources
  • addiction
  • dependence
  • negative effects
  • physical health
  • mental health
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