Really good question.
I remember well also time before Internet.
We, children, played as lot games outside, and spend much more time together than children today.
It's not the same spend time with friends on Internet or in the real life.
Virtual communication and friendship is often without to deep emotions and sometimes can create emotionally empty people, who can not develop true feelings and communicate with others.
It's paradox that modern technologies don't bring us closer but we are moving away from each other.