In this time and age, it is very common to have seen so many children spending a lot of time on their smartphones. Which the time they spend on smartphones may even outplay the time they spend with their parents and friends. In this case, the convenience of using smartphones is the main reason attributed for such outcome.
To begin with, children can be easily stimulated by smartphones. Children are actively growing bodies which they would try out to learn or experience new things every day. Unlike exploring things in the reality, using smartphones allows children to explore new things via multiple platforms like Google,Youtube etc. The contents within those channels are updating bascially every minute which are also introduced in a relatively engaging way unlike those explained in books. Therefore, using smartphones allows children to be stimulated by new things much faster and more interetsing making them spending hours on the smartphones.
Futhermore, using smartphones also eliminates the geographical barrier between the children and their parents and friends. Children also demands vast emotional supports from their parents or friends. Without phones, it is rather difficult for the others to approach to the children as visiting them in person can be time consuming. However, with smartphones, children can share their emotions and communicate with the others just simply by a smartphone. There are a numeral of social media available for the children to share their daily life or expressing their personal thoughts privately. By considering the emotional support the children would crave for, it is very natural for them to spend a lot time on smartphones.
Despite that, it does not mean that children spending hours on smartphones is a positive trend which doing so can accomplish some unwanted influence to the children.
First of all, overusing smartphones may cause health risks to the children. By using the phone, children can be stimulated by just doing a little body movements during a day. If that situation subtains for years of the children, it may cause obesity or even muscle weakness of the children by not doing the enough exercise that they need to due to spending most of their time on the smartphones. Also, many children may also use their smartphones in inappropriate postures which may cause bones and joints displacement and short sight if they keep doing so.
Last but not least, spending excessive time on smartphone can lead to commincation skill issues of the children. As smartphones allow children to communicate with other people simply by texts, they may just avoid talking with the others face to face as using the smartphone is much more convenient. If they persist to do so, they may lack the skills talking with others in person which can even detriment their communication skills and hence making a poor social life of the children in the reality.