Yes, the times are diametrically opposed; when we were children, as you well say, we had fun in a very simple and economical way, they were cheerful games and usually in a group, from playing with improvised balls in the street to making group games where running was an essential tool. And now, My God now; all the entertainment of the children go through an electronic device that normally isolates them from the outside world, spending whole hours locked in a world of autistic people; Of course we need a lot of money to keep children updated with the new software that comes up.
Regardless of all this situation, parents and the family in general, has a very important responsibility to try to balance the world of children today, it is not easy because the media the truth does not help much.
Well, like you, wandrnrose7, I had a lot of fun in my childhood without having any luxuries, it was really not necessary.

Greetings.