Now that I'm getting older I can appreciate the company of younger people. The current crop takes a lot of crap (as most generations do from their elders) but I think, despite some of their derpiness, quite a lot of them are pretty decent kids.
I also think it's matter of me just simply being chronologically older. A "young" person to me now is significantly older (and thus more mature/experienced) than a young person was to me when I was in my 20's/30's.