Dr. Laura, 

It seems all kids care about now is what shows up on an iPhone or computer screen! When I was a kid we were almost ALWAYS playing and riding our bikes OUTSIDE! We used our imaginations. For example: The school vestibule was a "submarine"! We were secret agents with pistols made out of snow! The tall monkey-bars were a "rocket-ship" and we were going to Venus! We'd explore the culverts, and look for "Black Widow" spiders and were scared of them! A lawn chair was a "race-car"! On the rope swing, we were fighter pilots, putting our feet down was our landing gear! Sure we had some toys, but it was our imaginations that made so much fun as a kid! Who needed video-games? We had our imaginations. 

Terry