Generation Gap

Generation Gap is a term given to the gap or age difference between two sets of people; the young people and their elders, especially between children and their parents. Everything is influenced with the change of time- the age, the culture, mannerism and morality. This change affects every one. Generation gap is an endless social phenomenon. Every generation lives at a particular time under certain circumstances and conditions. So, all generations have their own set of values and views. Every generation wants to uphold the principles they believe . This is a problem that has continued for ages.
People born in several time periods under different conditions have their own views supported the circumstances they need been through. The patterns of life are changing continuously consistent with time. Everyone wants to measure and behave in his own way and nobody wants to compromise together with his or her values and views. There has always been a difference in attitude or lack of understanding between the younger and older generations. This attitude has augmented the generation gap and it’s becoming wider day-by-day. This gap now has started impacting our lives during a wrong way.
It is always good to possess a good range of ideas, views and opinions. It indicates how we are developing and advancing but sometimes this becomes worrisome when the views and concepts aren’t accepted by both the generations. Parents create a particular image in minds for his or her children. They want to mention their children with values that they need been mentioned with and expect their children to follow an equivalent . Parents want children to act in accordance with their values, as they believe, it’s for his or her benefit and would had best to them.
Children on the opposite hand have broader outlook and refuse to simply accept the normal ways. They want to try to to things in their own ways and don’t like going by any rulebook. Mostly, children experience conflict during their adolescence. They are desperately searching for self-identity. Parents sometimes fail to know the stress of this fast paced world. Ultimately, despite love and affection for every other both are drained out of energy and unable to grasp the opposite . Consequently there’s a scarcity of communication and abandoning on relationships.
Nothing are often as beautiful as a parent-child relationship within the world. It should be nurtured very delicately then it’s important to bridge the gap between the 2 generations. It is time to understand that neither is totally right nor wrong. Both the generations need to develop more understanding and acceptance for every other. Having a dialogue with one another calmly, with the thought of checking out conflict amicably in ideas, changing their mindset for every other and coming to a middle ground can be the foremost helpful instrument in bridging the gap between the 2 generations.
Spending longer with one another like family outings, vacations, picnics, shopping, watching movies together might be some effective ways to create up a robust bond with one another . Both the generations need to study the ways of the society during their growing period and have mutual respect for it. To reduce the friction between the 2 generations, both parents and youngsters need to give space to every other and define certain boundaries that the latter should respect an equivalent .
Generation gap occurs because society is constantly changing. It is the responsibility of both the generations to fill this gap amorously , affection and trust. Both the generations should have mutual respect for the views and opinions that they uphold and advance cautiously with the event of the society.
In order to shrink the generation gap, we must be open minded about learning from other generations. There is often a stigma within each generation that older or younger generations are wrong because their opinions and values are different. … there’s always room to grow and learn.