The gap between the 60’s and the today’s generation however does not scream
anything, just a silent sneaking crack that widens every minute. Silent because homes previously filled with
conversation are now preoccupied with internet entertainment, each individual
to his own device. Arguments have moved from
verbal to social media, even fights and bullying are conducted on a monitor.
Julie, a middle aged mom can still remember how
in her teens the home telephone was the way to reach her boyfriend. If he failed to call in a couple of days she missed
him terribly and wondered if he was seeing another girl. Like most baby boomers she married that boyfriend
as soon as it was workably possible.
She raised her daughter Tina the best way
she knew how. When she helped the girl with
the homework it didn’t quite work. The data
she learned with her education was no longer the data being taught. The generation crack between them has begun
to creep in.
When Tina reached her teens Julie worried
about her going to dances and dates. Tina’s
dates did not pick her up from home. She
didn’t go to dance parties. She went to
sci-fi conventions instead. The young
girl didn’t wait by the phone like her mother did some 25 years back. She finished college, got a managerial job
and comes home each day, go directly to Twitter, Tumblr, YouTube, etc. amazingly
happy without a boyfriend.
“Mom look the dog is dancing Cha-cha-cha!”
“Hey look this is funny! Somebody Twitted…”
Julie’s friends who were her age could not believe her daughter
does not have a boy stashed somewhere. In
the previous generation a girl who has no boyfriend to show was probably seeing a married
guy. To the new generation husband and children did not come first on the list. They came after career, travel, social interest, if they were on the list at all.
And the gap widens.
See also:
Educating Mom
Educating Mom – Hulu and Netflix
Educating Mom 2 - Kim Kardashian and Sheldon Cooper
See also:
Educating Mom
Educating Mom – Hulu and Netflix
Educating Mom 2 - Kim Kardashian and Sheldon Cooper
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