What Lies Behind the Generation Gap and Who Is to Blame for It?

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What lies behind the generation gap and who is to blame for it? Nowdays teenage views of life and parents opinions are in conflict and difference in attitudes is often called the generation gap. And a question arises: ''what lies behind the generation gap and who is blame for it?'' To my mind, the first reason for disagreements between youngsters and older generation is that they are different in lifestyle and their outlook. Teenagers think that they are completely different from their parents, and their private world is place which parents should not invade and parents, in turn, think that their children sometimes seem to behave in unacceptable and undesirable way. So as a result teenagers rarely talk with their parents making them an outsiders. The second reason of conflict between parents and children is opposite views on the same things. They do not always see eye to eye on some points, like private life, or staying out late at night. In addition, sometimes parents are very strict about keeping things tidy or doing homework and tell their children off for not doing what they say. And the third reason is the teenagers want to be '''grown up'' as early as possible but their parents do not want them to make their own mistakes and do not give much feedom. I think, we should not blame anyone for this difficulties in parents and teenagers relationship, because it's a natural part of our life. To sum up, i would like to say that in some ways teenagrs are rather different from their parents, but to come to a compromise, everybody should put up with a lot of disagreements and respect each other to provide a comfortable

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