I once asked my little brother (who just turned 12, by the way) in Amsterdam about his evening plan.
He without even flinching revealed that he would be going to McDonald with friends and be posting everything on Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat. He even asked me to like his posts and keep following him on social media.
And here I was expecting a tough game of football as an evening sport.
Smartphones, which are getting sleeker, lighter, good-looking and ultra modern with every passing day of our tech-era, are perishing the very mindset of living life in you.
They are sucking the life out of you. Confused?
Modern gadgets useful as they are, tend to enslave us by making us their master. Yes oxymoron as it sounds, truth it has become. What the problem is that the new generation, the tech enthusiasts are making the modern gadgets the very vital need for their life.
A 11 year old in 90s used to be swelling in pride and bubbling with happiness on the sight of a new cycle, now it can't even get a trifle smile on that face. Now that face beams with pride and happiness when it gets an iphone X.
Using smartphones has not only become a trend but a basic need also. With so many of important aspects that it serves like calling from wherever you want, getting information and beholding the world getting way easier and what not.
From information to gaming, from downloading songs to singing them, from having laughs to watching live space; new tech supported smartphones have got it all. But all these flashy advantages cost us more than just our bucks, that is- our life.
Now people go to movie theaters not just to watch movie but to post an update on their story on Whatsapp. Having lunch is not just for filling tummy but stuffing and uploading pictures on Facebook. Rather than going for an evening stroll people are busy surfing Instagram feeds.
This is how much the generation has changed. Rather than moving outside to play with friends they spend a lot of time on social sites and other left out time on games on computers and smartphones. The new latest apps excite them much more than learning how to do a step-over.
More than just being trend, these mobiles have become a status symbol. Can you imagine, even just turned teens ask for iphones as their birthday gifts. iphone, ipads, macbook, Galaxy Note 8- these symbolize you rather than your knowledge and skills presently.
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There were days when children would be rejoicing on weekends for outing with their family, time spending with parents would be much more precious for them than anything. But now nothing more makes them happy than spending time on Netflix on weekends on their newly bought smartphones.
With access to almost everything on google and internet on their new gadgets, adolescents get swayed. Visiting dark web has become way more frequent now and believe me parents, you won't be liking your wards being an active user of dark web.
Living life is now being compromised over the idea of having a modern life.
Sometimes being a master of a powerful servant is what enslaves us...According to various surveys depression and mental agony have become way more common in teenagers who are usually too much active on internet. "Teenagers who don't excel in something they desire, tend to make social media their place" according to a recent study.
More followers, more likes, more comments, more posts- these things get listed way up high in the priority lists of their lives and they tend to fluctuate these things with their real life. Getting more likes or followers feeds their lost interests and ego.
Nowadays you can catch a teen without shirt but not without a smartphone, what an ironical truth to behold. Not only it affects the mental health as proved by studies, it also lessens the outside interaction of the world hence limiting physical activities.
Mental problems.
Eyesight troubles.
Physical strain.
Weight issues.
Anxiety disorders.
Yeah, hell lot of problems on cost of a new gadget, isn't it? And believe me I am not against the use of modern gadgets in any way, I am just against the overuse and unnecessary increasing trend of using these stuff everywhere.
Ever heard of Smartphone Zombie or Nomophobia? Yeah this needs to end but only problem is
FROM NECESSITY TO OBESITY- SMARTPHONE CRAZE AIN'T STOPPING...
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