things change too. DS10 was very into computer games from very early on (by age 2.5 but it was unbelievable what he was doing!) anyway, that was his passion - there was so much stimuli, problem solving, hand eye coordination and it was the only thing he liked to do for years. He always brought his nintendo DS with him. I allowed it in the car but never in restaurants or people's houses (unless we were in for a particularly long, boring, grown-up visit where there would be no other kids or source of entertainment) BUT... now he chooses to take a book everywhere we go.
socially, i think he's improved too but I thought when he was younger he'd be a video game addict at age 10 and he isn't.