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I'm 40. And as hard as it is for kids or "millennials" to believe ... the whole "video games will create sloth and all kids will be fat" was a problem back in my teens.

Granted, we didn't have "Halo" back then, but "Pac Man," and Atari 2600 games, and going over to a friend who had "ColecoVision" was still a BIG TIME competitor to tossing a football around. And we heard the same nonsense back then.

Of course, we didn't have the force of the federal government making us all play football - let alone ban bake sales - back then. Statists have stepped up their game.

I agree with you, but at your age I think you are right on the cusp of that major transition. I grew up in a neighborhood with lots of kids across a pretty wide age range, and there was almost a clear line between the "outside" kids whose focus was on sports and outdoor mischief and the "inside" kids who were much more home-entertainment oriented.

There was a lot of overlap, of course. I attribute a lot of this to sheer economics . . . even in the computer/entertainment age it took a while for a lot of working-class families to be able to afford things that have now become standard in most homes. But in the area where I grew up the difference between kids who graduated high school in 1985 and those who graduated in 1990 was remarkable -- and I'm sure it's gotten much worse today.