Can The Older Generation, Learn From The Younger Generation?

Do you think that us older ones, can learn from the younger ones? Or, with our experience, do you feel we know more than or better than them?

For myself, younger people have taught me to be more tolerant and accepting of people and cultures that maybe, l was ignorant about before. My views are not as fixed as they were before.

Younger people have taught me that the world is a smaller place. They think nothing of just going off somewhere, to obscure places in the the world, via working, backpacking or just holidaying.

There are other things, l feel I have learned from the younger generation but instead, I will ask you for your views!

Can the older generation, learn from the younger generation?

Re: Can The Older Generation, Learn From The Younger Generation?

Absolutely they can teach us a lot, but we can teach them too. For me it's an exchange of knowledge.

Re: Can The Older Generation, Learn From The Younger Generation?

For sure we can learn from them I learnt how to use my iPhone from my 5 year old grandson

Re: Can The Older Generation, Learn From The Younger Generation?

Ha Ha! summer. I forgot about things like that! My children taught me how to use the remote control, once l had wrenched it out of my husband’s hand!

Re: Can The Older Generation, Learn From The Younger Generation?

Yes, Julie, it can be a two way thing... but who knows better?

Re: Can The Older Generation, Learn From The Younger Generation?

One thing I really love about the younger generation Art is their enthusiasm their zest for life and as you say the world is their oyster. Oh gosh to be young again

Re: Can The Older Generation, Learn From The Younger Generation?

summer, That is so true, they do have a zest for life and l don’t think they worry as much as we do!

I also think they are more ambitious than we were. They go for things that maybe our generation may have been more cautious about.

Someone on the forum, once posted that, it’s the younger people’s world now. I wonder if they are right?

Re: Can The Older Generation, Learn From The Younger Generation?

it was the young peoples world back in the 60s,each generation has its own motivation............

as for learning from the young,,depends,they still need older people to teach them a trade.and take them through school,uni etc

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I think it works both ways. Sometimes I applaud young people - people like Billy Monger who lost both legs in a racing accident but still races, we could all learn from his positivity

Then I see children who are dragged out into the freezing cold weather with no coat. Their mums and dads could do with a lesson in parenting.

Re: Can The Older Generation, Learn From The Younger Generation?

Its not a competition...nobody knows better.

Its a two way thing as Long says, each generation can learn from the other.