A few years ago it was (36)____to speak of a generation gap, a division between young people and their elders. Parents (37)____that children did not show them proper respect and (38)____, while children complained that their parents did not understand them at all. What had gone wrong Why had the generation gap suddenly appeared (39)____, the generation gap has been around for a long time. Many (40)____argue that it is built into the fabric of our society.
One important cause of the generation gap is the opportunity that young people have to choose their own life-styles. In more (41)____societies, when children grow up, they are expected to live in the same area as their parents, to marry people that their parents know and (42)____of, and often to continue the family (43)____.
In our society, young people often travel great distances for their educations, move out of the family home at an early age, marry or live with (44)___________________________. In our upwardly mobile society, parents often expect their children to do better than they did: to find better jobs, to make more money, and to do all the things that they were unable to do. Often, however, (45)____________________.
Finally, the speed at which changes take place in our society is another cause of the gap between the generations. In a traditional culture, (46)_________________.