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    The generational gap refers to differences between younger and older generations, especially between children and parents. While some differences have always existed, modern gaps are attributed to rapid cultural changes in areas like music, fashion, and politics. Sociologists also point to institutional age segregation through separate education, work, and living arrangements as contributing factors by limiting intergenerational relationships. However, programs bringing together different generations like music groups or daycares with mentoring elders have successfully bridged gaps by building positive relationships.

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    The generational gap refers to differences between younger and older generations, especially between children and parents. While some differences have always existed, modern gaps are attributed to rapid cultural changes in areas like music, fashion, and politics. Sociologists also point to institutional age segregation through separate education, work, and living arrangements as contributing factors by limiting intergenerational relationships. However, programs bringing together different generations like music groups or daycares with mentoring elders have successfully bridged gaps by building positive relationships.

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    The generational gap refers to differences between younger and older generations, especially between children and parents. While some differences have always existed, modern gaps are attributed to rapid cultural changes in areas like music, fashion, and politics. Sociologists also point to institutional age segregation through separate education, work, and living arrangements as contributing factors by limiting intergenerational relationships. However, programs bringing together different generations like music groups or daycares with mentoring elders have successfully bridged gaps by building positive relationships.

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    GENERATION GAP

    The generational gap is a term popularized in Western countries during the


    1960s referring to differences between people of younger generations and
    their elders, especially between children and their parents.[1]
    Although some generational differences have existed throughout history,
    modern generational gaps have often been attributed to rapid cultural
    change in the postmodern period, particularly with respect to such matters
    as musical tastes, fashion, culture and politics. These changes are assumed
    to have been magnified by the unprecedented size of the young generation
    during the 1960s, which gave it the power and inclination to rebel against
    societal norms.
    However, sociologists also point to institutional age segregation as an
    important contributing factor to the generational divide. Those in childhood
    phases are segregated within educational institutions or child-care centers,
    parents are isolated within work-based domains, while older generations may
    be relegated to retirement homes, nursing homes, or senior day care
    centers. Social researchers see this kind of institutionally-based age
    segregation as a barrier to strong intergenerational relationships, social
    embeddedness, and generativity (the passing down of a positive legacy
    through mentoring and other cross-generational interactions).[2]
    Some interventions resulting from intergenerational research have proven
    successful in bridging the generation gap. Examples include
    multigenerational music groups, or programs bringing "bookend generations"
    (elders and preschoolers) together in intergenerational daycare centers
    where the elderly mentor the young.[3] Researchers find that positive
    relationships built between unrelated children and elders in these settings
    tend to be generalized to relationships within the family at home.

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