Son, when I was your age...

Meaning

The opening line of a lecture about how easy young people have it today. It is usually followed by a story involving extreme weather, long distances, or a lack of modern technology.

Nostalgic, lecturing

Used in a sentence

• Son, when I was your age, we did not have these fancy tablets to keep us quiet in the car.
• Son, when I was your age, I had to mow the lawn with a push mower in the middle of July.
• Son, when I was your age, we learned how to read a paper map instead of relying on a phone.