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Gadgets: a boon or a bane? Have you, a victim of continuous use of gadgets, thought that these things help you in everything? Of course, gadgets have a vital role in improving the education and developing skills and knowledge. But these technologies have a lot of drawbacks. These days, children can be seen using the gadgets as if their life depended entirely on them. The gadgets help us in many ways: they promote our independent learning, speed up work, and aggrandize communication, but just like we hear, the overuse of anything is harmful to human beings. Gadgets have been in use for a long period of time. It started since the nineteenth century. It includes phones, computers, iPad, tabs, laptops, etc. The gadgets have a lot of privileges as well as drawbacks. Like gadgets can be highly useful for easy conveyance, to cease work to enhance it etc. It can also be unpropitious like it could damage the eyesight, decrease action in life etc. Currently, the gadgets are found in every nook and corner. They are way too used than they are supposed to. They can be addictive as they provide virtual pleasantries, and those victims can be found unenthusiastic to wake up to the harsh reality. We should hold hands and together prevent this generation, and the future ones too from using the gadgets too much which could lead them to forget the real world…. This should not go on. Perpetual parents are always fine with buying their offspring whatever they want. We should make a stop to it. These gadgets contain apps and information which can lead sensitive people to commit suicide. We can intercept a lot of disasters by preventing our kids or relatives from overuse of gadgets. We should not buy gadgets to small children until they are mature enough. We should always encourage them to read, to do exercise and to socialize with people around in the society. We could always bring a change. Our lives are linked with many other people in the world. So set an example, become an ideal and this small change can bring a huge difference. Shifa Gani, 9A