What Do Older Generations Misunderstand about Our Generation? Teenagers often hear the phrases of, “When I was your age, we didn’t have the luxuries that ya’ll do now,” and “young people don’t appreciate the value of anything anymore.” Granted, times have changed and the world has advanced is numerous ways, but does that really mean that teens in the present generation do not understand the opportunities or the values that people from past generations did not have access to? Everything has literally changed since grandparents and parents have walked the path of a teenager and an underlying fact shines to the surface. Older generations do in fact misunderstand the opportunities, dress attire, and many more topics that are unaccountably frowned
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Since older generations did not have the luxuries of cell phone usage, it is understandable why this statement is always thrown into misunderstandment. Even though the use of cell phone usage is different from past time, the pros that these devices carry with them are useful and helpful in many everyday tasks. Cell phones are literally a tiny computer in the palm of our hands, so why not use them for everyday opportunities? Technology has gotten to where anybody can text without using fingers and finding a direction by just the touch of the button. The technology that cell phones bring upon with them is so much more than “distracting” or “rude,” they are helpful to anyone that come into contact with …show more content…
Back in the golden years, it was not uncommon for teens to get married at a fairly young age. Teen girls back then were expected to start a family of her own because of good “child bearing years.” Now, however, that topic has completely changed. Most teenagers, whether boy or girl, do not want to run off to get married and start a family of their own. Since past generations, teenagers have wanted to accomplish many more task and milestones in their life without the struggle or worry of a family of their own to take care of. Also, the view of relationships were visualized differently than they are now. Couples did not hold hands, or anything of that measure, in the public eye. “No PDA” was taken into consideration back
Since older generations did not have the luxuries of cell phone usage, it is understandable why this statement is always thrown into misunderstandment. Even though the use of cell phone usage is different from past time, the pros that these devices carry with them are useful and helpful in many everyday tasks. Cell phones are literally a tiny computer in the palm of our hands, so why not use them for everyday opportunities? Technology has gotten to where anybody can text without using fingers and finding a direction by just the touch of the button. The technology that cell phones bring upon with them is so much more than “distracting” or “rude,” they are helpful to anyone that come into contact with …show more content…
Back in the golden years, it was not uncommon for teens to get married at a fairly young age. Teen girls back then were expected to start a family of her own because of good “child bearing years.” Now, however, that topic has completely changed. Most teenagers, whether boy or girl, do not want to run off to get married and start a family of their own. Since past generations, teenagers have wanted to accomplish many more task and milestones in their life without the struggle or worry of a family of their own to take care of. Also, the view of relationships were visualized differently than they are now. Couples did not hold hands, or anything of that measure, in the public eye. “No PDA” was taken into consideration back