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doing outdoor activities. There are many reasons behind this trend, which I will discuss in this essay,
There are two possible reasons for the change. One reason is that youngsters nowadays are under
more pressure to study hard to ensure they successfully finish their school assignments on time.
This means that they hardly have time for outdoor leisure pursuits like riding bikes with friends and
taking part in team sports. More importantly, it cannot be denied many young people are glued to
their phones, computers, and videos. These personal electronic devices and their contents are so
addictive that the kids would refuse to put them down to go out. Many of them even report suffering
from eye strain, fatigue, and short attention spans as a result of long exposure to digital devices.
Indeed, those reasons hinder young children from being in the open air.
In my view, spending so much time indoors is a serious issue because it leads to physical and
mental ill health, and effective approaches must be found to address it. One strategy would be for
schools to give higher status to extracurricular activities. For example, field trips and club activities
where young students can collaborate to do projects should be organized. In this way, not only do
the students help each other to learn academic knowledge, but they also improve their
communication skills while moving around to interact. Besides, this unconventional way of learning
In conclusion, with the pressure to fulfill different academic goals and the inability to resist tempting
online content, children tend to stay indoors studying and entertaining themselves with technology.
In my viewpoint, to effectively alleviate the situation requires schools to change their curricula.