I am a baby boomer born 1947 and I think we have been the luckiest generation. We had free orange juice, cod liver oil and malt (like it or not!), vaccinations against so many diseases, a wonderful NHS, very little sugar due to sweet rationing and many of our parents grew their own vegetables.
Money was tight but we had a great free education and were given grants if we were clever enough for college or university. In my case my parents were poor enough to pay nothing. There were also apprenticeships and plenty of work, even for students in the holidays. There were many opportunities to continue to gain qualifications even when older and often they were free.
Then there was cheap housing and easy to get mortgages or plenty of council housing. On a lighter level we experienced the swinging sixties. My DC envy me this!
Obviously there were exceptions but I doubt any other generation before or after are likely to have the same opportunities as we did.