Everyone was children. When we hear our parent's childhood stories, maybe we will think:"Wow! Their childhood were so happy, they can rode bike with their friends." or " They didn't use computers, then what could they do?" Well, that think about our childhood and childhood then.
When thirty years ago, children didn't know what's computer and internet. They usually played with their friends outside, maybe caught butterflies or run on grass, nature is their friend. And at school, teachers may be exact for score, so they could used physical punishment on students who's score are low. That sounds harsh, but almost every kids were clever at teachers and parents. Children in thirty years ago were healthier than children now, bodies and mental were all healthier. Because food weren't made of things that aren't nature, and they did more exercise. In that time, internet weren't as popular as now, so children couldn't see things erotic or violent often, and some children needed to work at home, that pushed kids' mental more mature.
Now, children are more creative, we can do somethings so different in educate system, like we can study cooking without teachers, just cook with classmates. And some students usually do things out of the rules, then make a new idea. Well, we are creative, but our mental are "too "mature, because on the internet and TV, kids can see information that are improper at children easily, that aren't good. And because many children spend time on the internet, they don't have time to do exercise, children now are fatter and more unhealthy. Adults and us need to change the bad point for children, then we can grow up to be people able to bear heavy responsibility.
I think childhood then are better then now, because on that time, kids are healthier and more clever. But if we can reverse the inferior, childhood now can be better too.
