Yes. In the 50s and 60s -- and 70s and 80s, for that matter -- children lived in the real world because aside from a few hours stolen by television in the evenings, they didn't have artificial reality taking over their consciousness -- no internet, no constant-streaming videos. Biking and running and playing outside, fishing or hunting or just walking with friends or alone, or doing chores -- that was a typical after-school time during daylight hours and on the weekends.
Yes. In the 50s and 60s -- and 70s and 80s, for that matter -- children lived in the real world because aside from a few hours stolen by television in the evenings, they didn't have artificial reality taking over their consciousness -- no internet, no constant-streaming videos. Biking and running and playing outside, fishing or hunting or just walking with friends or alone, or doing chores -- that was a typical after-school time during daylight hours and on the weekends.
Life is very different now for most children.