Question

Because technology is rapidly changing the world, grandparents aren’t the experts they were in past generations when the pace of change was slower. A mobile society and large segregated “adult” communities keep grandparents and grandchildren apart for most of their lives.

Children today look to their peers to teach them “important” things such as the best TV show, the newest fashions, drug information, sex information, etc. According to Robert and Shirley Strom, this undermines our society because it breaks it up into special interest groups who feel they have nothing in common with each other.

Do you agree with the Stroms' assessment? Why or why not? How might this phenomenon affect generativity? Does it matter? If we should improve intergenerational relations, how could we best go about doing it?

Answer 1

Yes, I agree with the Stroms' assessment. Because communication between two generations is very much important, this leads to create a holistic and sustainable way of living among the human being.

If there is no knowledge sharing among the two-generation then this might leads to repeat the same mistake which has done by the previous generations. That is why communication between two generations is a must condition for living a sustainable and peaceful life.

To improve intergenerational relations one could follow below-mentioned things:

1. There should be more joint families where the old generation can share their knowledge with younger generations.

2. We should create some knowledge base of the old generation like a museum, libraries, etc.

3. Government can ask to older people to work with younger generation even after their retirments so they can share their experiences and all other knowledge.