As a teacher, my anecdotal opinion that is kids have much more available - and higher quality - indoor entertainment. As a kid in the 90’s, I didnt want to be inside. It was boring.
I also do believe kids are over-scheduled and that youth sports require wildly excessive investment compared to my era.
> As a kid in the 90’s, I didnt want to be inside. It was boring.
Exactly. We had Super Nintendo, which was great, but you were limited by the carts you owned or rented. You had to sit down in front of the TV at a specific time each day to catch the show you liked, and that was it—one episode, now go find something else to do.
The Internet is an infinite supply of everything. You can watch an entire season of your favorite show nonstop in one sitting, or download ROMs of every SNES game ever created and play through them one by one. And as soon as a kid figures this out, it’s game over.
I also do believe kids are over-scheduled and that youth sports require wildly excessive investment compared to my era.