GENERATION GAP

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN NEW AND OLD GENERATION IS BECOMING SOUR. YOUNGSTERS DISAGREE WITH ELDERS ON MOST OF THE POINTS AND DISOBEY THEM. ELDERS HAVE OPINION THAT YOUNGSTERS ARE IRRESPONSIBLE, INSENSITIVE AND SELFISH. THEY CAN THINK ONLY FOR THEMSELVES. THE REASON IS GIVEN FOR THIS DIFFERENCE  BETWEEN TWO GENERATIONS IS "GENERATION GAP ".

THE GAP BETWEEN TWO GENERATIONS IS NATURAL. PARENTS AND CHILDREN CAN'T BE OF SAME AGE. THIS GAP WAS EXISTED EARLIER AND WILL REMAIN FOREVER. THEN WHAT IS THE CAUSE OF DETERIORATING RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TWO IN MODERN AGE.

 

CHANGE IS VITAL FORCE OF NATURE. WITH EVERY NEW GENERATION COME NEW IDEAS, NEW THOUGHTS. EVERY GENERATION HAS IT'S  OWN VALUES. FOR GROWTH OF A SOCIETY CHANGE IN THOUGHTS IS ESSENTIAL. NO SOCIETY CAN SUSTAIN FOR A LONG TIME IF IT DENIES CHANE OF IDEAS. NEW GENERATION COMES LIKE COOL BREEZE WHICH BRINGS FRESHNESS IN THOUGHTS AND REMOVES OUTDATED IDEAS.

THE PROBLEM ARISES HERE. THE ELDERS WANT TO ADHERE TO THEIR OLD THOUGHTS. THEY ARE NOT READY TO ACCEPT NEW IDEAS. THEY THINK THEIR WAY OF THINKING IS ONLY RIGHT WAY. THEY SHOULD UNDERSTAND WHAT WAS GOOD IN THEIR TIME CAN'T BE USEFUL NOW. FOR EXAMPLE TEENAGERS NEED TO BE ALLOWED MORE INDEPENDENCE IN THEIR DECISIONS. THEY ARE LIVING IN A COMPETITIVE AGE. THEY SHOULD BE GIVEN FREEDOM TO CHOOSE WHAT THEY WANT TO BE IN LIFE. OF COURSE ELDERS SHOULD GUIDE THEM BUT FINAL DECISION MUST BE LEFT ON THEM.

 

ON THE OTHER HAND YOUNGSTERS SHOULD  UNDERSTAND THAT WHATEVER THEIR SENIORS ARE TELLING THEM IS NOT TO BE IGNORED. THEY HAVE GAINED EXPERIENCE IN LIFE. SO WHATEVER THEY SAY IS NOT ALL OUTDATED. IT IS MOST OF THE TIME USEFUL. EVEN IF THEY CAN'T BE AGREE ON CERTAIN POINT WITH ELDERS THEY SHOULD TRY TO MAKE THEM UNDERSTAND THEIR VIEW WITHOUT HURTING FEELINGS OF ELDERS. THEY SHOULD  RESPECT THE EMOTIONS OF ELDERS.

 

FEW THINGS ARE ETERNAL AND CAN'T BE OUTDATED. RESPECT TO ELDERS, LOVE, COMPASSION, HONESTY, PURITY,  SIMPLICITY. YOUNGSTERS  SHOULD NEVER GIVE UP THESE THINGS AT ANY COST.

 

THE MAIN CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM IS ABSENCE  OF UNDERSTANDING FOR EACH OTHER. THIS IS DUE TO LACK OF PROPER COMMUNICATION. WE SHOULD CREATE SUCH ENVIRONMENT IN OUR FAMILIES WHERE YOUNGSTERS CAN FEEL OPEN TO DISCUSS THEIR PROBLEMS WITH ELDERS. ELDERS SHOULD TRY TO UNDERSTAND THE VIEWS OF YOUNGSTERS.

 

THE GAP BETWEEN TWO GENERATIONS CAN BE FILLED ONLY BY PROPER INTERACTION BETWEEN THEM.