There's definitely a nostalgia factor that we all have for our childhood. That being said, I've talked with a number of people from both the Greatest Generation (adults in the 1950's) and Boomers (children in the 1950s) in the course of my life. I can't think of one that expressed a belief that life was better "today" (1990's to present, depending on time of conversation) than the 50's. That tells me something.

There's definitely a nostolgia factor that we all have for our childhood. That being said, I've talked with a number of people from both the Greatest Generation (adults in the 1950's) and Boomers (children in the 1950s) in the course of my life. I can't think of one that expressed a belief that life was better "today" (1990's to present, depending on time of conversation) than the 50's. That tells me something.