GENERATION GAP
GENERATION GAP
What is a generation gap? It is a difference of thinking and opinion between the old and the young. This problem arouses misunderstanding and lack of emotional connection. Generation gap is one of the eternal problems in our life. Many people are pursuing this subject. The problem is that adults apply their own standards to adolescents. But they don’t understand that the times are changing. Adults and adolescents belong to two different epochs and have different views on life.
But what changes people? The answer is time. It always runs and changes the generations. This is truth of life. Children who were born in the time of 50s or 60s are now the old generation for the children and youngsters who are born in 80s.
The most conservative adults say that young people are cheapened and immoral and finally they will get nowhere. The other people believe that teenagers have acquired tastes but that at last they will work themselves up to a good position. Very few adults accept that teenagers are just different, and that’s not bad. Very often people don't understand teenagers. They don't understand (and the most unpleasant is that they don’t want to understand) some very important problems in teenagers' life, such as the lifestyles, relationship with friends and teachers.
For the time being this problem is as actual as it used to be centuries ago. As in any conflict, in generation gap there are two sides. To one side belong followers of their customs and traditions. To the other side belong progressive and vivacious young people, who are able to get modern world which is constantly changing and improving. Our world is changing every day and we just have to accept it. Young people are much more flexible than adult.
Because of this problem people live their life with lots of loneliness and isolation.
So what are the reasons of generation gap? Let’s enumerate the most evident. The first problem is lack of joint family. Quiet often young people communicate with their parents and grandparents rarely. The second reason is that children feel closer with their peers than with their parents. The third reason is that parents are not and don’t want to be friends with the kids. Instead of that adults just make instructions on life. The fourth reason is technological gadgets. Technological gadgets, electronic media and entertainment industry involve and fascinate young people so much that they don’t have enough time for their family and studies. To the last but not the least reason belongs lack of mutual understanding, difference of age or experience.
