11.   It takes mega-bucks to entertain most kids these days.

12.   Kids these days.

13.   Kids these days!

14.   Kids these days are limited to one game a week, and they get three, maybe four at-bats.

15.   The day is long for kids these days.

16.   These days cutting edge kids are going away to camp to learn how to build Web pages, computer animate and program computers.

17.   Too scary for kids these days, I told myself.