形成代沟的原因(The Causes of the Generation Gap)

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parentssaythatchildrendonotshowthemproperrespectandobedience,whilechildrenplainthattheirparentsdonotunderstandthem.thisphenomenonisoftenreferredtoasthegenerationgap.whatthenarethecausesofthegenerationgap?oneimportantcauseofthegenerationgapisthechancethatyoungpeoplehavetochoosetheirwayoflife.inmoretraditionalsocieties,whenchildrengrowup,theyareexpectedtoliveinthesameareaastheirparents,tomarrypeoplethattheirparentsknowandagreeto,andtocontinuethefamilyoupation.inmodernsociety,youngpeopleoftentravelagreatdistancefortheireducation,moveoutofthefamilyatanearlyage,marryorlivewithpeoplewhomtheirparentshavenevermet,andchooseoupationsdifferentfromthoseoftheirparents.intheeasilychangingsociety,parentsoftenexpecttheirchildrentodobetterthantheydid:tofindbetterjobs,tomakemoremoney;andtodoallthethingsthattheywereunabletodo.often,however,thestrongdesirethatparentshavefortheirchildrenareanothercauseofthedisagreementbetweenthem.often,theydiscoverthattheyhaveverylittleinmonwitheachother.

finally,thespeedatwhichchangestakeplaceinmodernsocietyisanothercauseofthegapbetweenthegenerations.inatraditionalculture,elderlypeoplearevaluedfortheirwisdom,butinmodernsociety,theknowledgeofalifetimemaybeeoutofdateovernight.theyoungandtheoldseemtoliveintwoverydifferentworlds,separatedbydifferentskillsandabilities.

nodoubt,thegenerationgapwillcontinuetobeafutureofourlifeforsometimetoe.itscausesarerootedinthechangesofoursociety,andintherapidspeedatwhichsocietychanges.