Do generational differences matter?

Holy crap the clip of the cashier having to save the boomer from a scammer.

 
InfernoMink said:
I’m with someone 11 years older than me. The only negative to a generational gap has been the music. Like when I hear a song from the 90’s, to me it reminds me of high school, and for her it reminds her of her first marriage.
Like we’ll hear a song and she’ll change the station and I’m like, what are you doing, that’s an awesome song. lol. Or she will play the Carpenter woman music and I’ll be like, can you listen to something less depressing than her? But it hasn’t always been terrible. She introduced me to The Bee Gees, like I knew of them but she had me watch documentaries and stuff.
So yeah road trips suck because she can’t “feel” my music and I can’t “feel” hers.
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I find this interesting because I don't have this experience with music. It doesn't matter how old or how new the music is, I can connect with it just the same. It hits my emotions just as hard. There's no disconnect whatsoever. I listen to music from across so many different times and places, and it's all equally powerful to me.
 
I see this so clearly now that I am a young parent, constantly receiving advice from the older ones. I am tired of hearing "we grew up this way and we turned out fine". Did you really? Did you really turn out fine?

What about your kids? Are your adult kids ok or are they seeing a therapist for some childhood trauma? Are they stuck in some toxic habits? Are they struggling with some level of anxiety or depression? or some kind of narcissism or delusion?

I am a big cheerleader and fan of the younger generation. I always think of what I can do to make life easier for them. They are going to have it so hard in the future. There's nothing left out there for them. The millennial generation got left with a lie of a dream, scraps and burnout. Every generation after is going to struggle for a long, long time. I think about this a lot for my kids.

Whenever my parents give me parenting advice, or how to raise my son, or how they did things in the past, I respectfully ignore it. The economy is different, the social fabric is different, the political scene is different, technology is different, heck even the weather and the environment are going to be completely different. By the time my kids are adults, this is going to be a completely different planet.

I don't hate on the older generations. On the contrary, I love spending time with the elderly. I think there is wisdom that stands the test of time and I like listening to them, especially if you're an old soul like me. I also think they had it hard too. Yeah people could buy houses and cars. There was some level of financial security, but there was also a decline in safety, a rise in organized crime, homicides, social disruption and riots, bigotry, and discrimination. Nobody talked about mental health, working a job you like, following your passions, or finding your purpose, etc. There weren't any resources or support to help with sexual violence, domestic abuse, child abuse, etc. All of that were luxuries to them if not dreams.

We live in a better world, but a worse world at the same time. The world is evolving, and I find any practical life advice from previous generations to be outdated. The same will probably be true when I will give my kids advice when they become parents.

I think older generations should help younger ones. I don't believe in the mentality that the younger generation needs to earn their place in the world, go through hard times to mature, get life experience, etc. That will happen anyway. Life is hard, it is going to suck, everyone is going to get "an experience".
 
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