How do you chill out once you get school and chores out of the way? Fly a kite? Catch a movie? Hang with your pet gerbil?
Here are the most popular pastimes among 2,400 kids ages 7 to 12 in the United States, Britain, France, Japan, China and Germany (kids in the poll could choose more than one activity):
1. Go on vacation - 47%
2. Play outside - 43%
3. Watch TV - 39%
4. Go to see a movie - 29%
5. Listen to music - 28%
Source: A.B.C. Global Kids Study 1996, Just Kid Inc.