There is certainly a difference in thoughts, ideas and actions
between children, their parents and grandparents. Why do these differences
exist? Does it cause problems in your community, in your opinion?
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| Ielts Essay - There is certainly a difference in thoughts |
Widening and deepening rift
between the generations has always intrigued social theorists. This has never failed to fascinate many
experts: they are at their wits end to find causes behind this. But, does this
lead to some problems or not, is a matter worth deep introspection though I
personally feel that it does.
The strongest of causes that
can be attributed to this issue is the era these people were born in. Where
grandfathers and grandmothers were born in perhaps mid 1900s, and mothers and
fathers in mid late century, most of the juveniles are born are in the 21st century. There
is a gross difference in aspirations of the past and present, due to difference
in access to sources of information about surroundings and the world: older
generation relied on printed material, radio and television; the children rely
on internet and social media.
Moreover, other major cause
of contrasting viewpoints is the way people work, this is more associate to the
speed with which these three generations work. While parents and grandparents
were born in an era bereft of modern gadgets: they spent hours and days working
to find out solutions and completing jobs, the new generation is more dependent
on the modern equipment that helps them to
negotiate work effortlessly and quickly.
This lack of agreement in
opinions is surely leading to a myriad of problems: the families are falling
apart and people are abandoning old ways of life since the young generation
does not want to share space or even live with their elders, which is leading
to elderly living alone fending for
themselves, or moving to old age homes.
Hence, viewpoints of
three different genrations can never agree with
each other, which is creating several social issues, that remain insurmountable.
