Generational Differences

It can also help to get the parents involved in any major issues to ensure that you are all on the same page and any strategies you put in place are being done at home too.

Every generation is influenced by its period 's economic, political and social events. From the Great Depression to the civil rights and women 's movements to the advent of television and advanced computer technologies. Thus generational background/situation may also affect the way they work. The key is to be able to effectively address and take advantage of the differences in values and expectations of each generation in the workplace. The current work place consists of four different generations; The Baby Boomers (1946-1964) who are slowly retiring and existing the workforce, The Generation X (1965-1976), The Generation Y or millennia (1977-1997), and the Generation Z who are about to or are just entering the work force. Although these different generations tend to want similar things in a workplace their environment/background has shaped their character, values, and expectations (Hahn 2011).

The generational link has been weakened by organizational changes within society that limit relations between children, teens and their grandparents and other elders outside the family. Respectively, this eliminates culturally beneficial intergenerational experience-based learning opportunities for our youth (Romero, 2016, p. 16). Additionally, an increase in intergenerational informal caregiving arrangements of aging parents have presented the need for a convenient and economic adult day care solution. In response, this report proposes the building of an intergenerational community center in Wildwood, FL. The report describes the projected benefits, amenities, and the intergenerational learning, sports and fitness programs the center will

The role of intergenerational patterns is often used when referring to negative behaviors that are profoundly repeated throughout different generation (Birkenmaier, Berg-Weger & Dewees, 2014). Papero (2009) on the other hand, specifically linked the term intergenerational to relationship patterns that are being transmitted from one generation to another. To bring to light the immersion of intergenerational patterns, a brief understanding of Bowen’s Family Systems Theory is imperative. Bowen’s theory comprises of eight concepts and a major variable known as anxiety (Papero, 2014). All seven concepts address the family system while the eighth focus mainly on the social function of the society (Papero, 2014). In fact, one of the eighth concepts in Bowen theory is multigenerational transmission process playing an important role with intergenerational patterns. While conducting a systematic analysis of three generations within Lani family system, specific behaviors that were demonstrated were dysfunctional boundaries, marital outcomes, anxiety and transmission of parenting style.

Intergenerational inequity is a concept that puts forth the idea that the current generation receives benefits without the cost leaving future generations to pay the cost without the benefits. Many arguments can be made for environmental and social inequity between generations, but economically we can see this inequity at work. The mounting government debt accrued by multiple decade long wars is one example as it will be placed upon the shoulders of not only my generations, but generations after. Kicking the can down the road can apply to the Social Security program as well. For as long as I can remember the threat of the program’s insolvency and the worry that while my generation will pay into it we will not reap the benefits once we start

Morals and goals change throughout generations as they grow up and go through different events. Lorraine Hansberry wrote A Raisin in the Sun and in the play a man name Walter and his Mama fight throughout the story of how they should think about what is most important to the two people. Mama grew up in the early 1900s and how she was treated and what she had back then helped mold her in to the things she finds most important. Walter grew up where he has more chances to do stuff that his mother could never even think of. Mama and Walter have totally different out look at life between money and family.

Whether in non-western countries or westerns countries, when there are changes in politics and societies, families and individuals are affected greatly. In many non-western countries such as China, Japan and Korea, collectivism is considered as one of the most significant values in the cultures, whereas in western countries such as the United states, individualism is emphasized. However, from the middle of 19th century, a great number of Asian people immigrate to the United States. Notably, California received the greatest number of Asian American. It is reported that “by 1880 the majority of the 322,000 Chinese who had entered the country since 1850 had passed through California”(Allerfeldt 54). Those immigrants maintain collectivistic values such as “family embeddedness”(Costigan 1252), while their offsprings orient to individualistic values and the host culture. The different value orientations may lead to conflict. For example, in the book Southland, Frank, who was the second generation of Japanese American, was not fascinated in visiting Little Tokyo, and thus his father felt angry and forced Frank to go with him(Revpyr 92). In addition to family, different generations may orient toward different values in business. For example, the old generation orient toward collectivism, whereas the young generation orient toward individualism. Whether in family or business, Whether in family or business, different

In situations where a Baby Boomer or Gen Y attends training that is not conducted in their preferred method of learning, they seem, uncomfortable, bored, or overwhelmed in the class. When a student in a training course is focusing on their boredom, being uncomfortable, or being overwhelmed, they are not fully present in the course and retraining knowledge properly.

In this study, the most interesting insight I read that the article distinguishes two generations, generation X and generation Y, they have varied on expectation of life. Additionally, the employer should realize to diversities of employee personality in the organization, which might contribute to making a conflict in teamwork such as having the different attitude, not understanding in other characteristics, confident of subconscious and so on. The generation X, who is composed of the parent of generation Y (born between 1965 and 1981), this generation has an optimistic aspect, and also prefer having life balances with working hard. In contrast, the generation Y (born between 1982 and 2000), the generation Y (born between 1982 and 2000), who grew up with enslavement by technology and have more independent (Susaeta et al. 2013). So, I have comprehended the key which might helpful to make deduction of working in the future.

Generational differences refer to the gaps between beliefs. Older generations tend to believe in the older techniques. When I was a baby my mom would lay me in bed with her at night. Recently my mother had asked my cousin who just had a baby if she puts her son to sleep with her. My cousin looked at my mom in shock because she was told that that shouldn’t be done. My cousin never puts her baby in her bed but instead has him sleep in his own crib next to her bed to ensure safety. Back in the days there weren’t many extreme measures to take account for with babies. With new studies and new information about baby safety our belief begins to differ from those of previous generations.

Family is something that plays a tremendous role in our life. Even though the structure of families has changed over the years, it is important to acknowledge that there many families out there whether they are traditional families, nuclear family, stepfamilies or others which tend to have different types of problems in their families. Therefore, many families attempt to go to family therapy in order for them to obtain help in solving the different types of issues they might have at home. As stated in the book Family Therapy by Michael P. Nichols (2013), “The power of family therapy derives from bringing parents and children together to transform their interaction… What keeps people stuck in their inability to see their own participation in the problems that plague them. With eyes fixed firmly on what recalcitrant others are doing, it’s hard for most people to see the patterns that bind them together. The family therapist’s job is to give them a wake-up call” (2013).

We continued to focus on family and we started group with an icebreaker. Each teen told us a little about themselves and the family they were born into and the family they chose for themselves. Most of them were open to discuss their family; however, some of the teens were reluctant to share. I expected this because as I discussed earlier, some of the teens have strained relationship with their family. The teens were loud but respectful. They try to run over new people; however, I did my best to be firm but I did not want to overstep any boundaries. This can be difficult tasks at times because some of them try to test your patience. Overall, I think I do a good job balancing it

The proposal of each author portrays different attitudes and views among generations, each author discusses a similar idea of why each writer is different. Disregarding the audience each author focuses on, the main purpose is to argue whether writing has changed or remained similar through generation. One author believes that technology influenced writing as opposed to two authors who believe it is within the writer itself (authors interest). There is one author who believes that writing has not refined through generations. Despite the different attitudes towards writing, the authors establish a common talking point about what effects writing and why. Those who fall under the first camp of composing relate writing to self-importance. The second camp discusses how different types of support affect the style of writing, while the last camp believes delivery and articulation changes the way an author writes. Most of the authors agree that time has an importance as well as an impact relating to writing. Those who oppose do not believe that writing has changed or at least has not changed because of generations. That is to say that each camp discusses the ideas of that author in order to support their reasoning. The argument raised in this paper is if writing has changed over time.

When observing the core ideologies of a group, the various circumstances to which the said group was exposed profoundly impacts their beliefs, in turn developing the methods through which their ideologies arise in society. Pertaining to the values of given generations, the stark contrast existing between the application of their values often compromises the structure of society as a whole as the conflicts arising between the said groups exacerbates societal similarities between generations. With the disparity existing between the lives of those from Generation X and Post-Millennials and consequently their values, the cumulated ideology of society, existing from a combination of both groups’ values, has challenged the well-being of the state of health and in turn, initiated the deterioration of genuine interaction and integrity.

America is said to be built on the backs of immigrants, taking the world's poor, hungry, and tired and giving them a place of refuge and opportunity. Being a first generation Russian Jewish American I grew up in a very traditional and religious household in which I learned Russian before English. I lived with my family in a basement apartment in Brooklyn barely getting by, having many family members watch over me, while my parents worked hours on end to make ends meet. Looking back on my earlier family life, it's amazing how far my family has come, and how much we have adapted and modernized. Throughout middle and high school, we learned early American history, specifically the large waves of immigration of Jews to the United States in the early twentieth century, and another wave in the seventies. Being a sophomore at the University of Maryland and meeting hundred of kids, and being around thousands on campus its crazy to see all the different backgrounds and groups of people have come to this establishment of higher learning. How did so many young adults from so many different backgrounds make it all in one place, and how have the different groups of people both generational, and immigrant take living our modern world and trying to find impact and wanting to make a difference in the world.