HI Patricia, Oh, it most definitely does play a large role with kids being overweight now. They are not active anymore as you said. They spend all their time inside playing video games, watching TV etc, and in doing so how are they burning calories and staying in shape like we use to. Plus all the junk food we have now...we were a meat and potatoes household...we hardly ever saw cookies, or any of that mess. And eating out at McDonald's or Burger King was a rarity...we had home cooked meals! Thanks for sharing your memories with us! Marilyn

HI Shelly, Thanks for sharing your memories with us as well. That is one thing I think is sad...kids don't use their imagination much anymore...we use to use it all the time! We would come up with some game or something to do, and we always had fun doing whatever we dreamed up! Thanks again! take care, Marilyn

HI Ivy, WOW! Yes, your life was a little different than mine, but no matter where any of us were we all had lots of fun! Thanks for sharing your memories with all of us! Marilyn

HI Tanya, That's great. My kids didn't get video games...I didn't buy them that stuff. They had plenty of other toys though and board games. I would sit and play games with them, they read books, my oldest son is very artistic so he did alot of drawing which I encouraged, I got them involved with Girl and Boy Scouts, I taught them how to do alot of different crafts etc...so they were very busy. I do the same things with my grandchildren. Thanks for sharing your memories with us too! Marilyn

HI Linda, Thanks for stopping by! Marilyn