A large percentage of boomers (1946 to 1964) were born into homes without indoor plumbing.
In 1960 over 7% of homes in America still did not have any water inside of the home, and of course, schools didn’t have A/C nor did homes, as a Houstonian I remember those days, and for the poor and lower middle class, the refrigerators were small and primitive.
Our uninsulated homes were heated with a movable/portable open flame gas heater in the kid’s room with a rubber hose pushed (not screwed-pushed) onto a gas valve at the wall.
And a large percentage (well over half) of my HS classmates over the legal age of employment (16) worked part-time. I worked my ass off in a grocery store for $1.60 and hour and was happy to get it. I remember the manager making a big deal about giving me a raise. But even naive me knew it was because the minimum wage had increased.
I wonder how many HS kids work part time to earn college and spending money these days. Seems like most of the jobs we had then are either old people or normal working age folks. I think the generation is generally too lazy to do much except complain and making Tiktok videos.