Devi Kar | Young and old can help each other & bridge generation gap
The very young and the very old among human beings are caught up with just the act of living while all the in-between people are mostly busy making something of their lives. Yet, another more recent study published in June 2022 entitled, “Goodbye Generation Gap”, indicates that during the Covid-19 pandemic times, the gap between the generations had reduced considerably. The older people leaned heavily on the young for technological know-how and skills, while the younger generation looked to their elders for knowledge, experience and wisdom. If a conscious effort is made to harness the knowledge and expertise of older people, the younger generation would definitely stand to gain, while the older generation would not feel useless before their time. According to the two articles cited, the use of the social media and electronic communication in general is responsible for the widening generation gap in the twenty-first century, and the Covid-19 pandemic for closing it -- at least in the United States and Britain respectively.
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