We lived in the country, in poverty -the real thing. We rode horses all over the country, walked all over the country, day or night. We listened to rock and roll - but at our parties we played ring games. We did have walking games, where we could walk 'around the house' with our boyfriends, but we better walk very fast if we wanted enough time to steal a kiss because some adult was mentally timing us. I wish my children had known just a little of that.
Outstanding point. Kids today have many more "entities" bidding for their time. TV, Internet, etc are very much "in your face". There are so many folks who want to convey messages to teens. Add to that many single parent households, where there may not be a parent to help put these messages in context and it becomes information overload...