It took tremendous energy, thought and time to play the way we did. We had the backyard, the lot next door, boards, dirt, trees and sometimes and old ball that had been taped with some kind of tape. There was an elegance and peace and dignity in our rowdy play. Play that took us to the edge of our wisdom. In a generation childhood has changed.
Families are much smaller and the toy chests are bigger.
The toys we had as children were ninety percent kid and ten percent toy. Our toys were more like tools allowing us to be creative. We had to use our imagination and we could change and adapt the toy. What would be skates one week would be a part of a go-cart or a scooter next week. It is hard to imagine a game boy being anything else but a game boy and childhood should not be dependent upon batteries.