In modern era, many children rather to dedicate their time to playing with gadgets instead of doing more traditional outdoor activities. This might cause several problems such as: decreasing of eye contact, reducing literacy skills and, lose motivation to study. To solve this problem, parents should limit the amount of time children use electronic devices. Schools or community have to organize more free time activities to encourage children to be active.
One of the main issues, is that using gadgets too much may reduce the real communication. Most of children, prefer talking through games or social media instead of speaking face to face. Consequently, they lose eye contact and confidence as well. Another issue, is that children study less, since they spend their free time on screens. This might pose the reducing their writing and reading skills. Additionally, juveniles often being distracted by online games, which poses them to lose interest in studying and doing homework.
There are several ways to solve this issue. First, parents must set clear rules about how long their children can use gadgets each day. For instance, they can allow to use their devices once finished the homework, this method also cause doing homework fully. Second, schools and communities should organize outdoor events as much as possible such as: sports, art competitions, and et al. This method assists children to understand how to live without devices.
In conclusion, spending too much time on electronic devices may bring negatively effects to children. However, with good guidance from parents and more attractive outdoor activities provided by schools, help to avoid this problem.