I agree about the kids being much more sophisticated these days. My 14 year old wouldn't be seen dead in the park, would rather be at the local shopping mall where her and her friends go to the cinema or for a meal. I was lucky to get a bag of chips on the way home from swimming, and going for a meal was something we did as a treat. She costs me a bloody fortune but hopefully it keeps her off the streets.

Yep, agreed. I'd be happy to debate whether it is 'more sophisticated' what they do now. I'd leave it at more dependant on technology. Either way, it seems to be to the exclusion of being as physically active as in the past - plenty of research done backs this up - average hours per week spent in physical exercise, obesity rates etc.

Yep, big changes too; you now have the masses of people who live much longer with their parents; people marry later and women have children much later which creates a bigger generational gap as well. Plenty of women have children in their 40's now once they've had their career, seen the world and not been tied down too early - modern contraception has liberated women to do this. I'm not criticising people for doing all this - merely acting as a social observer.