Humanbeingsevolvedfromonegenerationtoanother.Whenitcomestothecontemporarygeneration,anewphenomenonemerges:lackofunderstandingbetweenparentsandchildren.Anewtermishencecoined:GenerationGap.

　　Differentpeopleholddifferentopinionson“generationgap”.Somepeopleinsistthatparentsshouldbecondemnedforthegenerationgapbetweenthemandtheirchildren.Alotofparentsarenotgoodlisteners.Theirexcuseisthattheydon’thaveenoughtimetolistentotheirkids’voicessincetheyaresobusyinmakingmoney.Eventheyhavethetimetolisten,theyjustwanttolistentowhattheywanttoknow:kids’academicperformance.Otherstheyarenotinterestedin.Someothersthoughtthatneitherparentsnorkidsareatfault.Generationgaphasbeenexistingatalltimes.Sodon’tattempttoeliminate“generationgap”.Whenthepresentkidsbecomeparents,anewgenerationgapwillbeshapedbetweenthemandtheirkids.Timechanges,differentgenerationshavedifferentvaluesandideals.Generationgapwillbeinevitable.

　　Cangenerationgapbeeliminated?Whenyoudisagreewithyourparentsorchildren,howdoyouhandletherelationshipbetweenyouandyourchildren/parents?Keepsilentorhaveahotdebate?

　　The"generationgap"existsinmanyspecies.Itrepresentsthetimejustbeforetheyoungergenerationbecomesmorepowerfulthantheoldergeneration.Iwatchiteveryyearinthedeerherdasyoungbucksfightfordoes.Onlymaturebucksgetdoes.

　　Itissimilarinpeople.Theyounggettheirideasandthinkthatthey"knoweverything"andtheirparentsarestupid.Ofcourse,theydonotappreciateourwisdomuntiltheirchildrenreachthattimeintheirlives;-)

　　However,inChina,the"generationgap"isnotanormalgenerationgap.Thesocialchangebroughtbyopeningupandnewwealthhasturnedthe"gap"intoachasm.

　　True,generationgapisabigsocialprobleminChina.Parentsaredoingtheirbesttomakemoneyinordertomaketheirchildrenliveamateriallycomfortablelife.Theyinvesttheirenergy,timeandevenpassioninthebusinessofmakingmoney.Fathersseldomstaywithchildrenandgohomedrunk.Theyarebusyinattendingbanquetandbussinesstalksinordertoletthebussinessdone.Mothersarebusyinvisitingbeautysalontogetthembeautified.Neitherpartofparentsareattentiveparentstositbesidetheirchildrenandlistentotheirkid'svoicespatiently.Whattheygiveenoughtotheirkidsismoney.

　　Soithinkbothoftheparentsorchildrenwillpayforhegenerationgap!