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?

There is a phenomenon that some

children

spend lots of time on their

smartphones

,

for example

, they use it

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online games, talk with other people on social media and so on. In my opinion, there are several factors contributing to

this

case, and

this

phenomenon is a

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sword. There are several reasons

for

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why

children

spend hours on their

smartphones

. One of the main reasons is that

smartphones

could satisfy the needs of different

kinds

of

children

. To be specific,

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introverted

children

,

they

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might feel exhausted and uneasy

to communicate

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with each other either face to face or online,

then

smartphones

provide a very clandestine space for them to stay in their comfort zone and do something that they like to do.

Moreover

, for extroverted

children

,

smartphones

could let them not only meet different new friends

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but

also

communicate with friends more frequently, leading to

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their relationships.

However

,

to

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my perspective,

this

development is both positive and negative, it depends on how

children

make use of

smartphones

. On the one hand,

smartphones

could benefit

children

. The reason is that there

are

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almost all

kinds

of knowledge

in

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the internet, in

this

case, when

children

is

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interested in some areas or have some questions about some things, they

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use

smartphones

to learn more knowledge or ask some professionals online about that field, both of which could benefit the development of

children

.

On the other hand

,

smartphones

could have some drawbacks,

due to

all

kinds

of inaccurate information. To be specific,

children

might learn something wrong from the internet,

such

as violation and fraud, since

this

part of information might not be filtered, giving rise to the unhealthy mental health of

children

. In conclusion,

smartphones

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meet all

kinds

of people's needs is the main reason for

this

development.

Although

spending hours on

smartphones

both

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advantages and disadvantages, in my opinion, if

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strengthen the regulation of all

the

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misinformation,

then

the advantages might outweigh the disadvantages.