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Another thing to consider is mountain biking (another expensive hobby I know). But I've loved biking since I was a kid (like when I was 12). Started with a CCM Canadian Tire special and that was OK for riding in the city and light multi use walking/bike trails. I've since moved to proper Hardail and FS bikes with Deore and SLX groupsets but I continue to enjoy riding whether it's commuting or shredding all mountain trails and there's always something new and different to ride.

I never thought I'd say it but kids these days are all wired up (technically I grew up in Gen Y/millennial generation so should be similar to them but I was on the tail end of when people still used the command line and didn't think it was "hacking").

I was on the bus during Christmas time and there were elementary school kids with iPhones and Nintendo 3DS'es. My first phone was an LG clamshell on a pay as you go plan and I had to buy my own HTC Glacier when I wanted a smartphone.

Kick them out of the house and tell them to go to the park until dinnertime (although I think these days you'll get CPS called on you for that, there was that story of the 10 and 14 year old who's mom let them walk to the park half a mile away and the police took said kids back to the parents house and had CPS do a review of the household or something).