Generation Gap

Generation gap

"I really can't figure out why you picked that boy! Goddamn!" said my mother.

"Why on earth I can't choose him? I'm happy staying with him!" I shouted back.

As I slammed the door and went out to date my boyfriend, my mother's voice flew out, "He doesn't even got admitted to a key university！"

"Who cares?" I thought aloud.

This is not the first time we quarreled on this problem, boys. My mother who is a typical 60's parent thinks differently from me, a typical 80's and 90's child, in many aspects. Actually, this is a widely existing society problem---- the generation gap.

In my hometown, the southeast coach of China, since the reform and open policy had been put into effect in 1978; there have been a great number of changes both in economy and society like higher living standard, more open mindset, higher education level, etc. And these changes made the generation gap in this era become an even harder one to handle compared with those in any other period of time in the Chinese history. The generation gap between the 80's and 90's children and their 60's parents in the southeast coach of China worth our attention because it has already led to many family problems, such as quarrel, fight and cold war as well as some social problems like murder, lonely aging parents and problem children.

The generation gap is serious because the causes for this phenomenon are quite complex. Generally classified, there are three reasons: first is the quick-paced economy development, second is the daily increased contact with the west, and third is the secondly changed high-tech. Thanks to the reform and open policy, the life experiences of the 80's and 90's children vary greatly from their 60's parents': the 80's and 90's were born in a time without hunger and coldness unlike their 60's parents, the children were raised up by the company of TV sets and computers instead of thread-bound books, they can be easily admitted to universities as long as their parents pay the tuition fees, etc. These different life experiences resulted from quickly developed economy to some extent widen the generation gap. The quickly developed economy also means daily increased contact with the west. Growing up in a multicultural atmosphere, the 80's and 90's children who own a more open mindset can easily accept new stuff which can be seen as totally immoral from their 60's parents' eyes. Furthermore, the technology boom armed the children with the most advanced equipment, the computer, to get latest information of the changing world. And this may also contributes to the seriousness of generation gap between the 80's and 90's children and their 60's parents in southeast coach of China.

This multi-caused generation gap has resulted in some social problems like murder, lonely aging parents and problem children in past few years, so we had better come up with effectual solutions to keep similar tragedies from happening. Since the life experiences between the two generations are different and this is a fact that can't be changed,