Is there such a thing? Maybe to some persons and maybe not. I think there is especially in the way they think. The generations move at different speeds, not only physically but mentally.
I’m Generation X, my parents and some family members are baby boomers, my nephew-son is Generation Y or millennials and my kids are Generation Z. Believe me there is a difference. My kids have never known anything but a smart phone, they think nothing of having a conversation with Alexia. They like to chat with her and she with them. Yes, they chat. 🤷🏽♀️. My daughter still can’t wrap her brain around the concept of a payphone. Why would anyone want to stop on the road and use a phone that you have to put money in? Strange. No matter what I say she still thinks it strange. Many of the things my husband and I talk about when we were growing up appears so ridiculous to the kids 😁. The way they behave one would think we were born and grew up in the dark ages. 🤦🏾♀️.
I have heard my daughter and son singing old songs that they should not know. So one day I had to ask how in the world they would know the songs, for them to look at each other as if to say, “silly Mommy” and then answer “memes”. Silly me, how did I not know. Really? My nephew-son on the other hand would know some of the songs as he would hear me playing them all the time back in the day 😉. Remember cassettes and CDs? Well that was a part of his world. Gen Z however only deals with streaming. I still however will play CDs and I still have and play MP3s on my iPod classic.
When I was growing up you ensured you wrote your homework that the teacher told you or God help you when it was due. Now the homework is posted online, sent in emails or WhatsApp groups. Times have changed and the way the generations work and play are different. Do you remember when we went to a concert the singer would ask for lighters in the air, now it’s light up with your cell phone. Things have truly changed. How many of you have ever been to a “Silent Party”? What generation are you? 🤷🏽♀️. If you have never been to one would you go? I keep up and ask questions. 😉
The kids are considered Digital Natives. That’s what all three know. I might not be considered one because of when I was born but I just love this era. There’s an app for everything, I believe so. I don’t go into a bank if I can help it. Google and I are great friends 😉. My iPhone is part of my life. It doesn’t stay in my room when I sleep as I am not that attached to it, my nephew-son however is a different story 🤦🏾♀️.
Let me know if you think there is really a generational difference and if so is it noticeable? I really want to know what you are thinking, and I know others do too. Try commenting 👍🏽, but if you are not comfortable, reach out to me via any medium. Your comments let me know how you feel and very often give me a total different perspective on the topic. 😉. And you can never tell your comment might help others.
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There is a vast difference, but it sometimes goes unnoticed because we assume our children are just growing up, just as we grew up. Children are supposed to grow up and learn, regardless of the era, and we don’t try to infiltrate their era by trying to figure out how much things have changed in the short space of time since we grew up – they don’t try to figure how in the world we existed ‘back then’ :).
It’s food for thought that the people who help them get accustomed to and aclimatised to this era are the same age as us…funny, isn’t it? Yet we marvel at how things have changed…lol.
The difference is there and wide.
They see everything totally different from us. No fault of theirs. Life just evolves.
Love the topic Andrea!
These are certainly generational differences and I would say quite noticeable. The innovators have designed technology that caters to almost all our needs- it is actually quite rare to see people interacting face-to-face with each other as most people are extremely attached, married, to their technological devices. I applaud these great thinkers! However, with the increase in technology use especially among our young children/adults, there is a decline in -oral and therefore written communication, -basic skills needed for example in math as it’s easier to reach for the calculator, -outdoor activities as you mentioned, that we engaged in, as did my boys-now in their 30s, and their ability to problem solve, to name a few. As an educator, I see the positive but also the negative consequences of technology. Major differences which we see around us every day- some more obvious than others…
Well said. I try my best to focus my kids on the need to eat right and exercise. We have to play out part and have them know there is more to life than a phone 😆