Yes, I also believe its a lot of coddling and babying the kids that have solidified this "disease".
We had energy, after getting up early for school, feeding the horses, gatherig eggs, going to school, riding grandpa's threewheeler, feeding the other animals, unloading a truck full of feed sacks or hay, doing other chores, playing tag, playing hide and seek, building forts, and finding all the trouble a kid could find. We also knew, dead to rights, if we did something wrong, we got our ass whooped. Not often, but enough, to know right from wrong.
We had energy, after getting up early for school, feeding the horses, gatherig eggs, going to school, riding grandpa's threewheeler, feeding the other animals, unloading a truck full of feed sacks or hay, doing other chores, playing tag, playing hide and seek, building forts, and finding all the trouble a kid could find. We also knew, dead to rights, if we did something wrong, we got our ass whooped. Not often, but enough, to know right from wrong.