With the advancement of technology, the electronic devices are getting immersed in our lives at a fast pace. Moreover, children are more attracted towards the gadgets. On a daily basis they spend most of their time using smartphones. There are several reasons for this phenomenon. In my opinion, it is a negative trend as it impacts children’s mental and physical health. This essay will provide the reasons for this cause.
Firstly, in earlier days children used to receive smartphones after the age of 18. Nowadays, children get phones from the moment they start walking or sometimes even before that. Because these days both parents work and they do not have much time to spend with their children. For instance, after doing a 9 to 5 job, when parents come home, they are already so exhausted and have no energy to play with their children, as a result they handover their smartphones to the children so that they remain occupied. However, this puts a barrier between their relation, in the long run the children loose the emotional attachment with their parents.
Secondly, kids are more interested in playing games on smartphones, instead of playing outside. In addition to this, different types of the visually attractive games such as, football, car-racing and building-block games etc. are available in these electronic gadgets, which makes them stick to these devices and not play outdoors. This development has made their life sedentary and increased many health issues, such as, obesity and weak eyesight.
In conclusion, I believe children spending hours on the smartphones is detrimental to their health and sometimes they also develop social anxiety issues.