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What did you do for fun when you were a kid? How is it different from what you see kids doing now?
Submitted by jaklumen.

When I was a kid, after dinner, on warm summer nights, we'd meet up with the neighborhood kids and play or catch fireflies.  When it got too late, we'd begin hearing our parents calling. The names were different, but the intonation was always the same. DA-da (DO-na, KEV-in, CA-thy, DE-von -- you get the picture). Slowly the group of kids would become smaller until everyone had gone home, tired and sweaty from running around.

These days, after dinner, kids gather around the television to watch reruns of The Simpsons, or individually, sit in front of a computer screen and visit with their friends by way of some social networking software such as Facebook or MySpace.

As a parent of modern-day children, I'm to blame for my children's after dinner activities. But even if they wanted to go out and play with friends, there is no one to play with within walking distance. All of those kids are inside watching TV, virtually poking each other or writing on each other's virtual walls.