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   5/15/09

   crpitt

   Try not to forget that you were a kid, try to remember that you will get older

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   5/15/09

   MissSuzie

   I put myself in their shoes. Generation gap is nonexistent with me.

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   5/15/09

   iyaayasmoderator

   I have a 7 yr old son, 12 & 18 yr old daughters, which gap?

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      5/15/09

      MadAboutGifts

      I think our perspectives change with age. And that's why we differ in opinion so much. Perhaps, this is what people call as "generation gap".
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      5/15/09

      iyaayasmoderator

      The silly thing is that I find myself on their level alot. Maybe I never grew up. I don't really see this gap in my house. I saw it growing up with my parents tho.
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      5/15/09

      MadAboutGifts

      That's very sweet... I plan to do the same when I have kids :-D
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   5/15/09

   radioflyer1980

   I am in the middle now with parents and a child. When I do something for my parents - show my dad how to set up the DVD player - I try to be patient. I know - someday - there's going to be something that Daniel is going to have to explain to me slowly.

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      5/15/09

      iyaayasmoderator

      That's a great way of looking at it, I am in the simular middle, parents trying to keep up, and children trying to pass me up.
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      5/15/09

      MadAboutGifts

      Yep, I agree.
      That's a very mature way of handling
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   5/15/09

   jafabrit

   It goes through stages ((rebellious teens), but I can't say there is much of a gap between me and my kids nowadays (27 and 25 ) or between my mother or I. I think the reason why for us is that we don't judge our kids and try to parent them, give then unwanted advice. On top of that they have a goofy mum, and a dad whose corny jokes still make them laugh. They keep us up to date on fads, music, and interests, and we enjoy that. Goes both ways.

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   5/15/09

   pillownaut

   I guess I avoided it altogether by not having kids, LOL... but I still think it's important to be able to relate to people of all ages. It's difficult, because we often freeze ourselves mentally at some age we liked. No matter how old I get, my hair is still in 1977, my musical tastes live in 1989, my politics are in 1994 and my fashion sense went inert around 2002.
   
   But I've always thought Generation "Gaps" can actualy be useful in many ways too, showing us what changes as we age, what stays the same from era to era... and how weird fashions can get

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   5/15/09

   MarriedMayhem

   I think it's more about getting to know children, and talking with them not at them or around them. The generation gap will always exist but it doesnt have to create a wedge between parents and children.

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      5/16/09

      MadAboutGifts

      That's true.
      We all want good things for our loved ones. It's just that our means differ.