With all of this at their fingertips, younger generations don’t appreciate the little things as much as they did. They experienced freedoms that the younger generations could only dream about. AdvertisementPeople raised in the '70s and '80s miss these carefree moments of childhood that Gen Z and Gen Alpha will never experience:1. That about sums up the experience of '70s and '80s kids watching movies on the big screen. Mall culture meant everything to them, and they are sad that younger generations are missing out on it.