My Confusion and I

As a young person in today's world we always seem to hear from older people that it was better when they were young. For me, that is impossible to believe. When they were young, the world had just come out of a war, people didn't fight for human rights the same way and the only way to communicate with each other was through telephone or letters. That doesn't seem like a better world to me but for some reason these people still insist saying that they miss the good old days. I've been trying to get my head around this for a while now but it seems like there are a few explanations for this. Firstly, I think they remember the time when they were young and did all these things as we do now. They are able to recall the time when they had no worries in their lives and people wouldn't judge them for being slightly rebellious, but if they did they wouldn't care because that was how they were suppose to behave. Secondly, the times are changing and so is the culture but