The Generation Gap
- Wafaa Mohamed
- Feb 24, 2017
- 2 min read
How many times you thought your parents do not get you and that they will never do ?!
"We are not the same as your generation please understand"
Is what I always say and hear from people close to my age . We all have gone through fights with our parents for different reasons. Our major, friends, habits, love are some of the most common reasons that our generation keep fighting for.
Almost 3 years ago I thought my parents will never understand me or love me as I am! I believe that they are wrong and they cannot control my future even if they want to. I thought I should be financially independent so that I can mange my life the way I want. I kept living the way I thought it was good for me just because they said no to such style of living.
"You won't hangout with those friends" , so I keep on hanging with those people especially.
"You should be a doctor as your brothers" , to which my reply is always no.
When we grow up we realize that this is how our parents express love! Our love is not conditional as we believe but they think they are protecting us. It is as simple as that. Love and being afraid from future is what makes generations gap. We cannot deny that at some point we realize that our parents were right about some decisions concerning our life.
How many friends have you lost after discovering their intentions and it was already mentioned by your parents!? As time passes we start to be less ardent about our decisions. We start realizing everything our parents have done throughout life just to make our living better. I believe that parents should give their children the chance to try living and to learn from mistakes. Easy lessons are not always the best way to protect the people we love. If life is not lived the hard way, we won't grow up. Our generation should find some middle ground to satisfy the ancient thinking of most parents as well.
Lately I become sure that being hardheaded is not the best solution as it might lead to other problems and disasters most often. Working on accepting parents love and mange it to our own sake controlling our own life is a win - win situation. Try to understand your parents and to provide them with the security they want. Try to make them more involved because silence is what our generation follows to express the difference. Silence increase parents desire to protect us more; it is an indication for wrong life style even if this is not true. Simply, a mix between yes and no is what we need.
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