What lessons have you learned from your children/ younger generation?

Have you learned anything new from the younger generation/ or your children/ nieces and nephews? Do you agree that anyone can be the source of giving us something new to contemplate?

I don’t have any children and most likely never will. So younger generation it is.

I am of the millennial generation. I was born in the early 90’s. Mom often complained that the year I was born, it was hot as hell as millions of acres of land was being burned in the Middle East. I am the oldest among my male cousins in both my paternal and maternal families. I have one male cousin from my dad’s side of the family who barely managed to squeeze into the millennial generation. Otherwise, my other cousins are all of Gen Z – the younger generation.

Perhaps it has something to do with gender, thus differs in the ways we were raised, but I have absolutely nothing in common with my cousins – Gen Z or Millennial. Mom often tells me to talk to my cousin but what?

My cousin has a job, school, and family matters of his own he must content with. Even without a job, he’s more privileged than I am being from the male gender. Plus, he doesn’t have parents controlling him, telling him who he should and should not be friends with. He can chug a beer if he wants while mom would give me dirty looks if I’m offered a small glass of wine.

Maybe it was how I was raised but I find Gen Zs quite spoiled as they had smart phones and tablet computers from a young age. They’ve never seen a floppy disk or had to carry these thick square heavy laptops nor have they had to deal with dial-up internet and the headache of installing early versions of DSL internet.

One thing I think the younger generation is better than the older generations (beside being social media gurus) is their emphasis on mental health. My mom’s generation – Gen X – seem to laugh when it comes to mental health wellness. They don’t seem to believe in such thing. Maybe it’s just this family because I listen to quite a few podcasts dealing with mental and emotional well-being and they are all hosted by Gen Xers. However, I do applaud some of the younger generations for bring matter to light.

Finally, I think there is something to learn whether from an older generation or a younger one. Each generation has something to bring to the table and I think we just need to open our minds to their gifts because it can be something wonderful.

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