The period of time between generations in which socio-cultural changes have occurred, thus making the behaviour and values of different generations diverse and sometimes antagonistic towards each...

A generation gap is a popular term used to describe wide differences in cultural norms between members of a younger generation and their elders. This can be defined as occurring "when older and younger people do not understand each other because of...

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Will Murphy couldn't believe it. After all, he recalled being "tickled pink" in 1973, when he landed his first reporting job as a stringer for a weekly newspaper. Years of journalism awaited, and he had caught a fingerhold. That's why, as news...

For most of the past 37 years, the dinner dress code was coats and ties for men, skirts or other "appropriate attire" for women at The Sequoias, a high-rise retirement community. But the newer, younger residents lobbied successfully for more casual dining.More than two years...

When civil rights elders signed on to support Hillary Rodham Clinton's run for president, it was seen as a coup in the competition for the black vote, especially in the Deep South.Yet many younger black voters seem to be shrugging off the sway of leaders...

It is a fact of life that the generation gap or "clash" is something that has existed and will continue to exist as long as man exists on this earth. It is not restricted to certain parts of the world, to certain times of human history or to certain cultures. That is why this "clash" is a fact of a life accepted by all generations, all over the world and through all time.