Misconceptions About The Younger Generation

In the world today the older generation has many misconceptions about the younger generation and I have started to notice a few of these misconceptions. Some of these misconceptions are that the younger generation spends too much time on their phones and that we do not spend as much time with our families because we are distracted or busy with friends. For the younger generation technology is the newest and the quickest way to get things done and to communicate with others. Generational differences exists in the world today because of the different beliefs on different matters.

For the younger generation today technology is the smarter, and faster way to be able to connect with people across the globe. Millennials use social media everyday to show the world what is going on in their life and not what is going on around them in the world. To the older generation this looks like the millennials are being self centered for only showing people their life and nothing else. It may appear that the younger …show more content…
One of the main differences is technology and the amount of time people spend using it. When the older generation was younger they did not have phones that they could use or be on all the time like the millennials have now. With the older generation not having the technology that we have now, they were encouraged to go outside and play. They did not have the option to stay inside and play games, be on their phone, or watch tv because their technology was different than ours today. It is hard for them to understand why we do not go outside and play as much as they did when they were young because they had limited options. Since the older generation did not have the amount of technology that we have and the amount of freedom that we have, I believe this influenced them to not be able to fully understand our