Global Q&A, “What was your favorite family pastime as a child?”

Salvado, Bahia, Brazil: Alcina Maria Bastos Roso, 66, Businesswoman: At that time we had no Internet and we watched many movies. I stayed in the neighborhood with the family, and with my little friends. I went out in groups to the beach, to the clubs, and we played many games. Nowadays, everything has changed—children are developing earlier; we have Internet and other things; it is the modernization, but the kids are losing their childhood. I quite enjoyed my childhood, as well as my adolescence, and my seniors. Let's be happy, life is too short.

Before modernization in terms of today’s lifestyle, enjoyable childhood pastimes were very simple, fun things to do. This was usually with a group of friends, family, or extended family members for some visits to places like the park or beach. This is what Epoch Times reporters from places like Lima, Peru, and Long Island, United States, discovered when they asked locals, “What was your favorite family pastime as a child?”

Look for the Global Q&A column every week. Epoch Times correspondents interview people around the world to learn about their lives and perspectives on local and global realities. Next week’s global question, “What does the Year of the Horse mean for you?”