Generation gaps.
By foofermen
@foofermen (500)
October 13, 2010 11:04am CST
Is there a way to bridge a generation gap?
How does one go about bridging a generation gap?
How can you find that common ground?
Are some people more prone to the effects of a generation gap? (father and son, mother and daughter, in-laws)
Are older generations usually too stubborn and hung up on the way they lived to change for the better or is the younger generation too ignorant and undisciplined to heed advice?
Has a generation gap ever been a problem for you or some one you know?
Were they able to work it out?
How?
2 responses
@Lore2009 (7378)
• United States
13 Oct 10
I think it's impossible. The best thing is that we can only imagine... and that is very unreliable. I think every at every age we are stubborn and we just get more and more after the traumas we face over the years. I think the only way to 'work it out' would be to just accept that we won't ever get each other.
@foofermen (500)
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13 Oct 10
ha! I like this but I really don't want to stop here. There has got to be a way. or maybe that is just my early onset stubbornness showing itself lol I am thinking that this, like many problems, is completely circumstantial. Maybe people could offer suggestions or talk about their own experiences?
@Lore2009 (7378)
• United States
14 Oct 10
That's nice that you don't want to stop. Very hopeful. That's probably the 'cure' to it... if people are willing to make or at least find something to change. Maybe if we can show our children that staying hopeful is what it means to find change.. then the younger generation can be brought up as always not wanting to stop and to keep communicating, like you said.
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@foofermen (500)
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5 Nov 10
It is really up to us as parents to raise the future. We must learn to be accepting and open minded about feelings we may not understand right away. I really believe there is hope for everyone in that aspect.
Thank you for your considerate and thoughtful response =)
@Ejmenz (31)
• United States
13 Oct 10
I've noticed after years of watching the TV show Survivor that age is by far the most dividing of all social components.
When your younger you can't believe anyone knows more then you, when your older you understand how little you really knew when you were younger.
@foofermen (500)
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13 Oct 10
I agree completely with everything you have said here. Even the survivor thing. It's always the older guys who kick butt lol (Who was that tall guy who won? He had glasses... Ben? Bob? I can't remember but he was my favorite, I was routing for him right from the beginning.)
However, I think it is important to consider that there are many very ignorant older people. It is not impossible or even uncommon. People really have to watch who they look up to, especially these days. On the other side of the spectrum, I have seen younger people who think it is cool to be stupid! Insane.
All of these observations aside though, can you think of anyways to bridge these gaps? Especially those between kids and parents? or in-laws?
Personally, I am part of a younger generation being only 24, but I rarely have problems getting along with people from older generations. As a matter of a fact, I have more friends much older than me than people my age. The only thing that I see a lot that bothers me are the older folks who think they need to look down their nose at me because I am young
