Hobbies of Soviet children, which can now afford only rich families

We often look at modern children. Is this generation really smarter than all the previous generations? Is it true that these young people will achieve much more in the future than their fathers and grandfathers did? But why does it seem to many that children in Soviet times Were they more versatile, interested in everything and turned out to be much more independent than modern children at any age?



Today it is fashionable to say that today’s children are not interested in anything but their gadgets. They just sit on the Internet and play computer games. And this is true, because we at one time in childhood, what we did, writes Oleg.



“But when we begin to list our childhood activities, we always forget that times have changed. And although it is now customary to scold the Soviet way of life with restraint, I easily remember how many then, in addition to endless obligations and equalizations, there were free circles in schools. Remember the pioneer houses? And the sports sections, the activities of the child in which did not drag the parents into debt?

We have the capitalism we have dreamed of for so long. In recent years, more opportunities for children have emerged in the regions. Technoparks and other organizations appeared. Although earlier in every rural school there were several circles. And there were circles at libraries and cultural houses. Everything was available.



And let such opportunities appear now, but prices discourage all desire to engage. Take the same simulation. Technopark is not everywhere, and even a simple designer for 15 schemes costs more than 1000 rubles. Many parents will be able to afford such a passion for their child?



Was it better before? Previously, a child could go to the pool, practice judo or chess, learn the art of makrame or spend time on ship modeling. And he could do all this not in the capital, but in his small village. What now? Pay for everything?

That’s how it turns out that it is easier for parents to spend once on an average smartphone to occupy a child for several years at once. That’s why our children and grandchildren go everywhere with gadgets that replace everything in the world. And sections and circles are the privilege of those who have more or less wealthy parents, Oleg concluded.



Indeed, we often resent the fact that modern children lead a monotonous life. They spend a lot of time on gatherings on the Internet, on social networks, on video games. From a young age, they spoil vision and posture, grow inactive and often physically weak, not independent in everyday life.

Although we forget that the times are different, the opportunities for children are different, the interests are different. And today there are many available hobbies that children in Soviet times did not even know. On the other hand, many fascination of Soviet youth Photography, aerial modeling or horseback riding are still available, although the cost of such retro hobbies is unpleasantly surprising.



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