The problem is that people will always say how "their generation did XYZ" and how their life was harder etc etc.
For example I agree that in many perspectives, life 50 yrs ago was harder, they will tell you that you had much more manual work etc. But you could argue that these days we have far more stress with deadlines, the fact that we have internet for example means people often work even when on holidays, lot of people are 24/7 on their phone even for business purposes etc etc. And yes, you might not have to have that much manual skills, but did people 50 yrs ago have to know how to use a computer? Work with documents, spreadsheets etc? ... and without these skills you basically can do almost no job at all...
One thing I dont like is when older people say "you sit in front of the computer for so long, when I was young we didnt have any computers and we were quite happy".... thats what my grandma always said... and my reply was always the same: "yes, but if computers existed back then, you would have sit in front of it too"... and I am sure that in 30 yrs the future generations will wonder how on earth could we live without...... the problem is that if you dont know something could even exist, you dont miss it.
I remember one study, during which they lent mobile phones to some kids in Africa. But these phones of course didnt last very long because they had only a few and also the conditions there are quite rough. So after a few weeks all the phones in the village were broken. And only then did the kids began to miss the phone, wanted one etc.
So this generation comparison is always tricky and relative. There are aspects which are easier as well as harder.