This Meme is daily and is held over at the That’s my answer blog
Think about the generation immediately younger or older than you. What do you understand least about them — and what can you learn from them?
In all honestly, I understand very little about the generation right after me. I am rather proud to be a member of Generation X, I played outside and used my imagination, I called my parents from a land line and duck hunt was a treat of a video game to get to play when it arrived. I really work hard on grasping a lot of the generation after me, the whole expectation of getting everything now, being glued to a cell phone or tablet EVERYWHERE they go ect. Don’t get me wrong, I am not sitting on the lawn brandishing a stick, saying “Hey, you kids get off my lawn!” (tempting though it may be) and I am far from being a afraid of technology. I love my iPhone, laptop, kindle and tablet too. Very handy for work, let me tell you! That said, take it all away from me for a while and I am happy to read (from a book), write a pen pal letter, crochet ect.
To add onto that I can’t get on board with this whole way that parenting is being done by a lot of the younger generation. Kids seem to be spoiled, never hear the word no and are being raised by TV’s, cell phones and tablets. I mean I know some very young kids who have expensive cell phones, tablets and laptops and think they are entitled to that (and by young I mean under 10 years old here), what is up with that? I was spanked as a child by my Mum and Dad and I think I turned out perfectly fine. Yes, there is a line where spanking can turn into something more, but I feel the majority of good responsible parents never crossed that line. I got one good smack on the ass, two of I had been particularly bad and you don’t see me talking to a therapist about it. Also in school guess what? If you won a contest you got an award if you didn’t win you didn’t get an award. Boohoo, guess what, it made you try harder next time.
Right, so off the soap box.
The generation before me, shockingly or perhaps not shockingly, I do understand them. I have always had a very good relationship with those who are older than me. Some of my best friends are old enough they could be my Grandmother and I am perfectly okay with that. Things were simpler and all of that. Due to the fact I am perfectly comfortable with doing things like crochet and pen paling (with a fountain pen even) I think it makes me the odd duck of my generation. I suspect more of my generation understands the younger one then the older. I could be wrong about that, of course I certainly don’t know everyone of my generation.
So there you have it Thats my answer my thoughts on the generations, time to go brandish my stick (kidding..mostly).
