Sports and dating still exist today, but, both of these combined do not come close to the amount time a kid spends by themselves on a weekly basis. I was a 12

Sports and dating still exist today, but, both of these combined do not come close to the amount time a kid spends by themselves on a weekly basis. I was a 12 season runner in high school (averaged 30-60 miles per week), but I still had 6-8 hours of free time once I got home from school every night. Now imagine this same high school scenario in 2020 vs 1990. In 1990, no social media, no games, no decent phone (for texting), and no computer (for most people in the world). The only fun thing to do was to literally pick up a book and read it.