Children, in a lot of countries, are spending more time on screens and less time on physical activity. I contend that exposing children to long hours of screen time has many problems.
In my view, young people are easily influenced by screens, and I think that screens are generally unavoidable nowadays, so it’s our job to create a balance where screen time does not overtake physical activity. Longer screen time leads to various of issues such as, mental fatigue or what the youth call it “brain rot”. Moreover, it causes health issues due to being stationary all day. For example, a child gets bad grades in school because of mental exhaustion and lack of focus due to long hours of screen time, making him perform poorly in school. Additionally, a child has health issues like joint pains because he is not moving a lot due to laying on bed and watching tv all day.
I believe each problem that occurs from long hours of screens has its own solution. Mental fatigue, for instance, is solution would be; do exercises that stimulate the brain and make young people challenge themselves, such as playing chess, sudoku, puzzles and coding. Furthermore, physical activity is equally as important as mental exercises. Children must engage in physical activities to avoid being immobile all day due to screens. For instance, exercising, going for a walk, playing outside with friends and going for a bicycle ride.
In conclusion, I think young people spending more time on screens than physical activity has many issues with many solutions anyone could adopt. Our job is to encourage children to challenge themselves mentally and physically by creating a healthy balance between screen times and physical activities.