These days, kids have tablets and smartphones with no end of gaming apps to play, as well as carrying on with pals on social media.
But just like the short-lived fidget spinner a couple of years ago, Edinburgh school children in the 90s had other ways to keep themselves entertained in the form of various playground crazes.
We looked after our Tamigochi pets, we swapped Spice Girls and Pokemon cards, we taught each other yo-yo tricks, we wondered whether the alien baby really did give birth to another baby or if it was all just a myth.
