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Today, many children spend a lot of time playing computer games and less time on sports.

Why?

Is  it a positive or a negative development?

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Unlike the past, when it was difficult to keep children away from sports, nowadays children are crazy  for knowledge based games. Blame for this trend lies with parents  and  this  shift  is  certainly detrimental for physical  as well as psychological growth of young children.

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Rather than spending  time  in playgrounds, children nowadays prefer computer games. It  is the negligence of parents which  has let to such a detrimental state among children.

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The most prominent reason why children drift  away from sports towards computer games is parents’ irresponsible behavior. Instead  of spending time with their children, they are too busy in their hectic schedule. In order to keep children engaged in something as a compensation of their absence, parents usually bring home computer games. This situation becomes grim as they are skeptical about  safety of their children, given the fact crime against children is on high in many major cities like Delhi and  Bangalore. Therefore, it is futile to expect that young  children will develop any liking for sports  in such scenarios.

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Such a preference of computer games over physical sports leads to  decline in health of children.  Since physical activity is a prerequisite for children to grow, not being a part of sports/outdoor games usually  makes children obese, which further  brings  more complications in later life. Also, games like RoadRage, Blue Whale and PubG affect drastically on young and vulnerable minds. More often than  not, such children become aggressive, stubborn and in rare cases, even develop sadistic or  suicidal tendency. Hence, computer games, without constraints, bring irreparable damage to health of young  children.

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To conclude,  parents, unknowingly, push their  children away from sports, and  in the  direction of computer games. Being harmful to both  physical and mental health, this  development is certainly  not advisable.

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