Mobile phones, nowadays, contains essential features with entertainment also. There has been a
large growth seen in usage hours of smartphones among youngsters. There are several reasons
behind this situation and I find this development more beneficial than negative. Both the reasons
and my view is elaborated further.
The first reason for overusage of smart devices by youngsters is the social benefit they provide.
The smart phone connected with internet opens up the large possibilities, from creating new friends
to communicating with them over social media. For instance, a child in my neighbourhood chats
for hours with his school friends over Facebook (a social media) and also spend time over online
video sharing phone application. Moreover, the mobile gaming, specially multiplayer games, is
another major reason for the situation. Children plays different kind of games over mobile for the
entertainment purpose and they involve themselves in games in such a manner, that they forget
about the timing and other work to do.
However, I believe that smartphones have also increased the knowledge of pupils. It has developed
some important social skills, such as communication skill, team work and many more, by allowing
them to work and play in groups, without the restriction of distance. In addition, children can
learn through internet by watchin online videos and reading articles, which ultimately helps them
in their studies as well as language skills. For example, whenever my niece require to know about
something, he searches it over the internet and learns from it. Moreover, multiplayer online gaming
improves their multitasking ability and it also gives them a competitive environment
Overall, I agree that overusage of smartphones on regular basis is harmful for them, but if given
proper guidance, mobile phones can help them in learning some life-long skills.