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What do tweens and teens like to do now days?

I've recently taken on the young youth group at my church. I have from age 10 to 15 and it's been so long since I was that age I feel sort of out of touch. What do kids that age like to do for fun now days? When I was that age it was the time before cell phones, laptops, and gaming consoles were just coming out... I am old and was unable to have kids of my own. My step-brother's kids are much younger, so any advice would be much apricated.
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It's really variable.  They definitely like to game but there are different genre's of gaming.  Being able to talk about gaming is important with kids.  And my teens do online board games too since covid like catan . . .  everyone stays at their own house, wears headphones and plays on their pc.  Some kids are into sports.  Some are into theatre.  My kids use snap chat which I had been against but really, I had the most conservative parent in the world say to me "kids without cell phones and the commonly used apps are on an island socially now . . ." which I took to heart.  Youtube is huge and one of my kids uses it to learn all sorts of things like subjects on motivation and psychology, to how brain surgery is done, ha.  Most tweens and teens like physical games like capture the flag or dodge ball (girls included).  I'd add in physical activity at least part of ever session.  Scavenger hunts too are good.  :>)  
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