Generation Gap: Does it really exist? - Page 2

Originally posted by: Vishesh

Seema !

it is nice to know abt ur parents !

as u said, ur parents learned to adapt themselves with the changing times.. But why did they need to adapt themselves with the changing time. becoz they wanted to fill this Generation Gap !

But all old ppl are not like them, and many adapt themselves but not in every area ! But some can't adapt themselves fully , So it exists !

Abt Maddy song !

what I guess that it means that there is a Gap..and parents shud come forward to fill it(Maddy correct me, if i am wrong )

yaa, I think thats what maddy song meant!

About my parents, Well it didn't happened just from their side.It was a mutual thing.We cannot ignore what they have learnt in their times.Their are somethings which never change even with changing times.And we( younger and older generation) needs to learn from each other as we do between two friends in same age group.As far as my parents I donot think it was that they adapted but it was more so that they modifeid their veiws themselves with the changing times.If it has happend to em Iam sure it happens to others too. And it all happened because of my parents who always have kept a line of communication open so we as kids are comfortable .same way as it happens between 2 friends or same age peopel( if u donot communicate u donot know, and hence the gap or generation gap comes).

Ok , i want to ask u something. How many of u will say that their parents are their role models.Instaed in this age and time I hear "young people sayings such as "I'm never going to get like you when I'm older".

I feel down the road we have forgotten who we are.Its very easy to say it is "generation gap" and turn our backs on the impt. isssue that we donot communicate.I tell u another example , sorry agin about my family. I have 2 brothers , we all are 6 years apart. the age diff. between my elder bro and younger one is 12 years!!!. I guess what iam tryig to say is we have extreame examples . And when I see around about people atalking about generation gap , it makes me wander what exactly the issue here. Is it a mere ego issue that we as youngsers face or is it because of older poople??U know if there is a ego between 2 frinds also diff. arises.

How many parents have spoken to their children in the same way that their parents spoke to them. And how many of these parents have realised that they sound just like their parents did.

I have seen people stating " Oh these new generation do not know anything". Well I agree to that, but who is going to make them aware? Obviously experienced people.
Overall my feeling l is old generation should come up as role model for new generation.

But then again, it has to come from from us younger people too.It works both ways, just like it happens in two same age people..

And instead of finding a way out to resolve differences if we just attribute it to generation gap and do nothing about it then things don't work out. Hence, I again reiterate that generation gap does not exist.

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Seema ! First decide, whether it exists or not. Or it is only a Fictional Word.

and What do u mean by "Generation Gap" ?

i agree with other points.. blaming GG, making it Scapegoat, Adapting, coming forward ..

vishesh,

I feel the differences among us and our elders have increased then they were say 20 years ago.See the point is change is inevitable.We started out with hunting animals with sticks and wearing bearskin and have reached where we are today. This was possible because of new ideas that came to us. We still are evolving though the evolution is not so fast. We make opinions on everything based on our own experiences and external information that we get. We hold on to those opinions for the sake of ease. When we donot open up and get carried away in , lets say everything old is not useful and everything new is good.or we say oh well, our parents will never know how we feel because we have generation gap. Or the other way around , with the older people ,they are somewhat rigid in their thoughts and views. The oldies laid the foundation of gap on which new generation live. If you say new generation is raw and inexperience, then the older people should correct it or a make an attempt to correct it.

so I feel it is that we donot communicate and initiate.And this is more so now in this age and then it was 20 years ago. To me it looks like more of a communiacetion gap , like u see in same age group people who donot communiacte then a "generation gap"

Bumping up to front page 😛

I think this generation gap varies from family to family. Sometimes, youngsters can help elders to stay young and "clued-in". As far as I am concerned, I think I have grown up with my parents, rather than away from them. I always made them read the books I liked and listen to the songs I liked (apart from reading and listening to what they wanted) so it was a 2-way process.

We frequently had debates on varied subjects ranging from dating to religion. My friends enjoyed talking to my parents too. Frankly, I have little idea of what generation gap means. I feel I am from the same generation as theirs!

A bond of friendship and understanding is needed between parents and children. Then only will this generation gap be bridged.