Generation Gap

Noun
Origin 1960-1970


-The differences in customs, attitudes, and beliefs between any two generations, but especially between youths and adults.

-The loss of information between the members of one era and the members of another.

-Emphasis on knowledge that is endeared by one generation but that is particularly not endeared by another.

-Prominent differences between a parent and a child, particularly in knowledge; Often occurs because a parent or a trusted guardian fails to pass along vital information to a child; Often occurs because children blatantly ignore vital information passed on to them by a parent or trusted guardian.

Example: “There is a massive, overriding generation gap between the millions of WWII veterans, who often witnessed unimaginable horrors at the hands of others and themselves, and their sons, who oftentimes were never forced to run other teenagers through in brutal hand-to-hand death-throes.”

Example: “Children would have done well had they not ignored the pleading, begging voices of their parents, who would not have led them astray. The result is a deadly generation gap that causes children to prematurely suffer because of a thorough, blatant lack of knowledge.”