I would say charles dickens.
2. I have been sneezing lately.
3. I have lived here for 30 years.
4. I have not ate Chinese before.
5.I have been driving my car since 1985.
6. She has left her dictionary at home.
That modern children rather interact with technology and technology barely drastically changes and so they get bored and used to it but socializing can change at any giving moment and never gets boring