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A father said to his son, "Beta, I think, um.., er.. Since you have grown up, it about time we discussed some facts of life." The son said, "Ok Dad, tell me what do you want to know?"
If we talk about electronic items, the parents don’t know about the functioning of half the buttons on the TV remote or their mobile phones. They are often heard calling their children, "Arrey bacchon, please somebody help me set the alarm on my cell phone." There is a further generation gap even among children. Your daughter studying in class IV knows much more about the features on a cell phone than her elder brother in class X. When you may be teaching your five-month-old child, talking in a baby voice, baby, what is this? This is a car." Don’t get shocked if the little infant says, "I know papa, it is 1800-cc diesel car with automatic transmission." A scribe once asked
Parkash Singh Badal, "Sir, You are above 80, when are you
stepping down in favour of your son Sukhbir kakaji to make him
the CM? Don’t you think it is too much of a generation gap? "
The senior Badal said, "When we think about the progress of
Punjab, there may be a generation gap. But when we come down to the
progress in our family, then we both think alike."
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survey conducted by the International Institute for Population
Sciences and Population Council has found out that only a negligible
percentage of kids discuss ‘growing-up’ issues with their parents.
Maybe, they are too shy or know too much already. I think because of
the Internet and television, the kids probably know much more than
their parents.