[i_love_retros]

Kids these days don't seem to have much of a childhood. My fondest memories are summers where I would disappear late morning on my bike with friends, go on an adventure, and not come home until dinner time.

Now it seems childhood is filled with sports practice, homework, summer camp, and fortnite.

[svantana]

It seems likely they will grow up to be nostalgic about those things, and equally worried about some aspect of growing up in the 2040s

[amanaplanacanal]

"stranger danger". Most people don't seem to want their kids to run free any more.

[cogman10]

Most people don't want to be arrested for leaving their kids unattended. [1]

[1] https://www.parents.com/mom-arrested-for-letting-her-kid-wal...

[alnwlsn]

People my age are nostalgic for Minecraft. You could still disappear all day (and night, too) and go on an adventure... in Minecraft. It might not be the best or healthiest thing, but it's where the memories are.

[jemmyw]

It's different but it's still a childhood. Although I did all those things in my childhood, except fortnite was some other computer related thing.

The difference I note is we spend a lot more time together as a family, whereas when I was a kid it was more with friends. I'm not sure it's a bad thing, I wished I had spent more time with my dad.

[clarkmoody]

And in modern times, we can't forget the concerned citizen calling the police when seeing young kids out on their own. So childhood has become semi-illegal, depending on the mood of the officers on duty.