Persuasive Essay
Should teens cut back on their screen time?
Vitaliy Forsiuk
You had people say go find friends in real life, but for some people that is hard so in a result they go online to find friends and the only way to talk to them is be on your phone. One of my best friends lives in Canada and the only way I can talk to him is online. What if you had a friend online and you can rarely talk to him?
Parents say that teens get lonely and depressed because of their phone, but in reality we could or have a lot of good friends online that we can talk to. Since it’s cold out, the only time I can talk to my friends is on my phone or ps4. Also people can feel less lonely when playing with friends online. Finally, some people have social anxiety so the only way they can talk to people is online.
Many people feel that you can get anxiety and low self-esteem due to screen time, but actually you can get more self-confidence. For example, when you post you can get more likes and nice comments on your post. Also, people can share your post to friends if they like it and hype you up. Finally, when you go to school your friends will be like,” Yo bro, that photo you posted was lit cuz!”
I can understand why people say you can get more stressed by being online, however when you are online you can talk to friends, scroll through Instagram, play games, and watch YouTube to relieve your stress. For example, when talking to your friends you can be playing a relaxing game with them like Minecraft or just telling jokes. Also, friends can talk about their day or just talk about what people talk about on their phones that relieve their stress.
There is no doubt that family is important, but you talk to them everyday at your house. So instead of talking to them stay on your phone, use your screen time, talk to your friends because you might miss out on some fun stuff with them that you wouldn’t of have if you stayed on your phone.
