Yeah, true, they are less active. On the other hand their hand-eye coordination is better. They learn faster, better, more.
Now we have 11 year old programmers. Children that speak many languages. Non English kids that know proficient English before they go to school. In a way it's about how you look at things. Technology is not bad. It's how you use it. People should be more responsible for their own actions and not blame everything else for their failures.
I agree. Children are now smarter with new technologies. We simply did not have the opportunity to study so qualitatively and we spent more time on the street, because we had nothing to do.