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. Write at least 250 words.

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Nowadays, smartphones are so popular.
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,
this
affected
to
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children
’s habits. Most
of
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children
use
smartphone
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smartphones
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everyday
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. They spend
many
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times
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time
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for
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surfing
on
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the internet. I think
this
development is completely
harmfull
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harmful
and
influence
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influences
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people, and
specially
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kids
. First and foremost,
children
would
earn
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addiction
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easily, because, Their brain genetics haven’t
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defend
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mechanizm
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mechanism
. One experiment shows;
1
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million
child
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children
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live
in
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the earth, and half
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children
play games on
the
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phones for 6 hours per
a
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day. They
nor
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do not
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just play for
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time but
also
, when parents take their phones, they scream, cry, and shock
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their parents.
However
,
children
believe
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every
informations
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pieces of information
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on the internet, because, Their ages are not enough
for
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argue
to
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new
knowladge
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knowledge
. BBC
press
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published a newspaper
last
week. The title was
pollution
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of
informationm
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information
. One internet user shared
to
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fake news and that
was
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affected
to
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kids
. The
new
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news
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was about “
children
mafia rise up in Kadıköy”.
This
fake news
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to
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many
children
, and they
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go outside for a long time because
parents
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their parents
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are
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haven’t let them.
On the other hand
,
kids
don’t go outside, and their social skills are very
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weak
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.
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generation’s
kids
can’t explain their emotions
,
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and opinions. That
has
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a simple reason. When they use
phone
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the phone
a phone
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, the telephone
make
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them lazy day by day. The professors say “
children’s
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social activities are so important for their growing process, and smartphones are
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a border between their life skills.
Finally
, ı have
many
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experience
about
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with
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Smartphones. I have a little sister.
Also
, she always plays online
mobil
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mobile
games. She is so shy child because of phones. She
has
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some friends before. When we bought a smartphone for her, she
is
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was
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be antisocial person.
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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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