Consider
Nowadays, computer games are the children's hobbies….
Children this way spend most of their time by themselves without contacting with other kids
First, is the first "the" correct?
Second, is it a correct use of "this way"? Should it be:
in this way, …..
Best Answer
To use "the children" is the common usage husbands and wives use when speaking to each other or to close family or friends when whose children they are is obvious. If speaking to someone that won't assume you are speaking of your children, then say "my children." "Our children" is sometimes used, and it kind of bridges the divide. It depends on the hearer knowing that "our children" means "my wife's and my children" which would sound awkward and not "my children and your children and the whole office's children" or such which of course can usually be said with "everybody's children" when who's everybody is obvious.
If you are speaking of children in general or children in this country, "the children" is the best choice. This concept is the general usage. With groups, politicians sometimes use American as a modifier as in "the wealthiest Americans," "American families," etc. but this is such a narrow usage that hearing it identifies the speaker as an activist and tells you which party as well.
In this way or this way both sound fine if placed at the beginning of the sentence and set off with a comma. Try these usages:
Also, change "contacting with" to "interacting with" as in "I contacted my friend so our children could have more interaction with their peers during the school vacation."