Children in the 1990s frequently wandered their neighbourhoods without constant adult supervision, whereas today's parents are more careful, and children's activities are frequently more regulated.
While Pokémon remains popular, trading physical cards has largely been replaced by online games, apps, and digital trading
Kids in the 1990s would rush to Blockbuster to rent movies and video games, but these have since been supplanted by streaming services and digital downloads.
Saturday morning cartoon viewing has been mostly displaced by on-demand streaming services and YouTube.
The game of collecting and trading Pogs has mostly died out as children's interests have shifted to other toys and games.
Portable cassette and CD players have been replaced by MP3 players, smartphones, and music streaming apps.
Texting, instant messaging, and social networking have mostly supplanted handwritten notes between friends.
With the rise of digital music, brick-and-mortar music stores have largely vanished, making browsing for CDs a thing of the past.
The ubiquity of mobile phones has rendered payphones nearly obsolete, making it less common for kids to need change for a phone call
Although some arcades still exist, kids are more likely to play video games on consoles, computers, or mobile devices than on traditional arcade machines.
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