They’re playing video games, they’re scouring the Internet and they’re socializing with friends online instead of in person. "Children are not getting the physical activity they need in order to maintain healthy weights, and it is because they are using a lazier form of entertainment and socializing"(Is
Technology Ruining Childhood?)... "Children don’t learn how to wait patiently or work hard to achieve anything, and this can have a negative effect on the future(Is Technology Ruining
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Childhood?)." Rather than spending a Saturday afternoon outside with their friends, kids are staying indoors and playing on their phones, tablets or computers, instead of going to a friend’s house, they simply chat with their friend online. Children are not getting the physical activity they need in order to maintain healthy weights, and it is because they are using a lazier form of entertainment and socializing. "If a child is always hidden behind their computer screen, cell phone or tablet, they will not learn the necessary skills they need in life"(Is Technology Ruining
Childhood?). Instead of allowing this behavior, parents can force their kids to get outside— without their phone—and play some sports. If children keep hiding behind their