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? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

Nowadays, more and more
children
spend excessive
time
on their
smartphones
every day. There are several reasons leading to the case, which I think is a negative development. Some reasons
are contributed
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to
this
habit for young people.
First,
due to
the advancement of technology,
children
become more
rely
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on their
phones
to learn new knowledge.
For example
, Chatgpt is widely used by
younger
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generation, with
the
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intelligent and timely
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,
children
can make use of these novel tools on
there
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smartphones
to improve their learning.
Also
,
children
are easy to be obsessed with entertaining functions of
phones
,
such
as mobile games and social media, which is hard to quit. Without
cellphones
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, lots of pleasure will disappear
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them
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. Despite the educational and amusing features of
smartphones
, for me, it is a negative
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that may do harm to
children
. The over-reliance
of
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searching
information
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for information
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using their
phones
may cause detrimental effects.
While
the information on the Internet may not be accurate all the
time
,
children
, who haven't developed their critical thinking, will not filter the knowledge they saw and may
misinterprete
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misinterpret
misinterpreted
the information.
For instance
, young
children
may learn ways to lose weight when spending
time
on
the
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smartphones
.
However
, many of the methods may damage
children
's health, leading to eating disorders or anxiety.
In addition
,
children
are not mature
enought
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enough
to
controll
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control
their
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hours
spending
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on scrolling
the
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phones
, which may influence their physical and mental health.
According to
the news,
children
will play on
thier
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their
phones
at sleeping
time
, with the light closed.
This
turn
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out to be a serious problem for
children
, which causes eye problems much earlier. In conclusion, spending
to
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much
time
on
smartphones
may
associate
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be associated
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with physical and mental problems for young
children
, which is a negative development.
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The essay presents a balanced argument by acknowledging both the reasons for the behavior and its negative impacts.
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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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