It does influence perspective. I know I'm smarter than the kids nowadays. Then again, I'm a lot smarter now than I was when I was a kid (of 25) too!
It's funny really - my fiancee calls me her 'Little Old Man' - I'm 33, she's 29. I drive home from work yelling at 'those damn kids' cutting in and out of traffic with their stereos loud enough that the deaf can hear...
I swear one day I'm going to put some caltrops in the greenbelt between the freeway and the service road where they all like to cut over to the service road. Nothing pisses me off more than people who think their time is worth more than mine.