Kids these days????????

[Goldfinger99]

I was a 00s kid. And I played tech decks,had pogs,collected Pokemon cards,sega dreamcast,GameCube,ps1. But my brothers are 2010 kids,they are young and have ipod touches,phones,ps3,Xbox 360s,YouTube accts,twitters,turtle beach mics,all call of duties. What happened to children???

[lisa]

Dude, your decade grew up surrounded and spoilt by technology too; it's only natural that tech has evolved in those 10 years and that's what your siblings have.

[Chris I]

I was a 50's kid. We played outside all year round, our toys all seemed to require physical exertion or imagination. I don't know what happened but I feel sorry for you and your brothers.

[Vasey]

The way this question is worded and the fact that you said your a 00s kid makes me feel sooooooooooooooooooooooooo so old seeing as I was born before you!

[Ellie B]

When *I* was a kid:
Kids played outdoors the majority of the day.
There was 1 channel (maybe 2 if you were lucky and lived in the right area) dedicated to children. And it was the first channel dedicated to children.
There were only a few types of video game consoles, and very few families had them. You had to find the right families if you wanted to play any games without going to arcades. There were 60 houses in my neighborhood, and only 4 of them had a video game console.
If you wanted money, you found a way to earn it. Whether it was mowing lawns, washing cars, or selling lemonade. And, you were lucky if you got more than 50 cents a job. Once you got to be mature enough, you might get a job as a babysitter at a whopping 2-5 bucks an hour, depending on your experience level.
Making your own toys was the way to go. Whether it was making tables for your dolls out of strawberry baskets or musical instruments out of trash.

As a teen, I finally got to use the internet, which was new and dial-up. And we only used it when needed. And, you got kicked off the internet if someone was placing a call.
When I was an older teen, the first "color" cellphone came out. It had a green back light instead of a white one. That year I got my first phone but ONLY because I had events that went on in different counties, so my parents needed a way to contact me.
Text messages were charged by the letter and phones didnt have cameras. And, most people didn't have cellphones, instead they had beepers and needed to use payphones if they wanted to respond to a message sent to their beeper while they were out of the house.

[♥Fancy♥]

I was a 90's kid, so I remember a lot of the "technology" that was out then. It wasn't really aimed at kids like it is now. No one really knew how to aim such a business at children. I remember kids checking their giga pet in the 90's just like they check their iphones now. It's not really any different today. I'm sure your grandparents or great grandparents could tell you about what they had and how it changed.
Most of what I remember playing with as a kid was talking dolls/barbies, those motorized carts, skydancers, and walkmans. We had a computer, but it was only fun for a little while. They only had so much software for kids and it wasn't any fun unless it was a new game. I think the biggest difference is that we didn't actually have the access we have now. Now a whole family can each have their own computer, use the internet at the same time, and share videos/pictures on their cell phones. When I was 8 we had it but it really wasn't interesting like it is now. A lot of the apps are just replacing a more time consuming way to do things. Kind of like how indoor plumbing is so much easier than walking to an outhouse. lol.

EDIT: The person above me reminded me that it was dial up when we first got internet. And we didn't have youtube yet. AOL still had 30 second song clips and they took a LONG time to buffer. Oh and AIM still was the primary instant messaging. Now I remember having to wait for calls before getting online. Then we got the one that bumped you offline when you got a call. That was cool since you didn't have to just wait, even if it did bump you offline. I can't believe how much different it is for me, let alone generations before mine.

[Eliot]

Nothing happened to children. I was born in 1997, and I go out constantly on my bike to spend time out and about around the town. Granted, I do spend a bit of time on electronic devices, but to be honest, if there was no night time, I'd be out on my bike most of the time, besides spending time with family and sleeping. This question should really be 'what is wrong with people who think they are too old when they are only pre-pubescent brats?'