Generation gap between parents and children is inevitable

A generation gap is a gap between the views of the younger generation of teenagers and the views of their parents. It’s an everlasting social phenomenon. Every generation lives at a certain time, under certain conditions and people have their own values and views. They also have certain principles they believe in. We can find a lot of examples in literature such as “Fathers and Sons” by Turgenev, “Woe from Wit” by Griboedov and others.

Parents always have their own opinion and plans that concern our future. They want to be patterns for imitation. They refuse to admit that we have grown up and can have our own point of view. They are bossy and we are often moralized. They don’t take into account that in this rapidly changing age of scientific progress and new technologies our needs and aims can be totally different from theirs. As a result, we begin to protest, trying to prove that we are individual and unique. So we wear strange clothes, dye our hair, take drugs, smoke and what not.

Some families can manage this difficulty but others can’t. It depends on what parents and children love more- each other or their own principles. The Beatles have a very good song “All you need is love” We should remember about it….. (a happy family, my family)

1. What are your relations with your parents like?

I enjoy honest and open relationship in our family. I’m happy to say that my home is the place where everybody understands, respects and loves me….

2. Why is adolescence considered to be a difficult age?

Because it’s the age when children want to be independent, they have their own point of view. But at the same time they depend on their parents for money, clothes etc. So they feel dissatisfied. Some of them find it difficult to live up to their parents expectations. They want to be individuals and try to prove that they are different.

3. What makes a good parent?

First a good parent values the child’s viewpoints and shows belief in a child’s abilities. Then a good parent should be patient in dealing with a child he should never show anger or become irritated. ….

4. Were you naughty as a child?

I don’t know, maybe I was a little bit naughty. I wanted to be the center of the universe. I didn’t understand that my parents may have their own interests and problems.

Love. Marriage

Do you believe in love?

Well, I think I believe in love. I don’t know exactly how to define it, whether it’s fancy or adoration or passion, but I’m sure it exists. Love is a timeless value I absolutely believe that loves means devotion, tenderness… It involves harmony, support, admiration…

There are many opinions on what the Significant Other should be like. Describe your (future) Significant Other

He is someone I’d talk for hours without getting bored

- to respect one’s feelings

- to be sweet, romantic, with a face, like an angel and a body borrowed from a fitness magazine

He should….

I’d like him to…

What do you think about the art of marriage?

A good marriage should be created

- to find time to say ‘I love you’ at least once each day

- to have a mutual sense of values and common objectives

- to stand together facing the world

- to speak words of appreciation