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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
 use their phones for hours daily.
This
 is
due to
 the lack of parental restrictions on the daily usage of smartphones, and I think
that is
 a negative development because it can delay the speech ability
in
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 a
child
. Many
parents
 have to do both parenting and working at the same time,
this
 can result in the lack of attention that they give towards their
child
, including the
child
's phone usage. As a
child
 needs to be constantly entertained, a busy parent will resort to giving their
child
 a phone in order to make the
child
 distracted
while
 they are doing their job.
For example
, many working
parents
 who can't afford a nanny, will most likely
to
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give their
child
 a phone to keep the
child
 busy.
Therefore
,
this
 habit could lead to
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 time for many
children
. I believe
this
 is a negative development
due to
 the fact that a phone-addicted
child
 will most likely experience a speech delay. Even though many
parents
 try to teach their
children
 to speak, the fast-paced information and content that their
children
 are seeing
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 their smartphones make it very hard for
children
 to comprehend the concept of a language.
For instance
, many
children
 with over screen time, only be able to talk fluently after the age of 4,
whereas
children
 who don't, are able to talk at the age of 2.
To conclude
, many
children
 are spending a lot of hours on their phones because of the inability of their
parents
 to give them the proper attention. I think
this
 is a negative development because
this
 phenomenon can lead to speech delay for many
children
.
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You are not ready for IELTS Speaking, if you

  • Can’t speak smoothly without pauses.
  • Use simple words and lack vocabulary.
  • Feel nervous and anxious when speaking.
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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