Yes, it will happen and we all have stomach queasinness about it because as you may already know having a few young ones of your own – that generation thinks we’re idiots. They have also been taught to blame others for everything because somehow most parents of that generation didn’t want their kids to have to experience being WRONG. That would be so HURTFUL and create twisted kids or something. So they have grown up with a sense that they are the smartest folks on the planet. Our schools only taught wood chopping evidently.

This is very bad news because without strong work ethic and a sense of responsibility no one is going to be at the business driver seat in a decade or so. I will be checking out early or living safely in a secure environment protected by some strong weapons.

A recent article in the WSJ, NYT or SF Chronicle, I read them all, said that anyone over fifty thinking of a job change MUST start their own business because dang if anyone younger is going to hire you. First, they think we screwed everything up and maybe they don’t want someone with patience and experience advising them. How’s that working for all those parents of teenagers these days?

I try to remember what I thought about older people in my late teens and early twenties. I can remember when I first realized my parents did not know everything. “They’re teaching you what in school? What is that?” I do know that when I did not have respect for an elder’s intelligence I was still afraid of them. They were connected and so could make things happen or not happen in your life – scary!

Recently I admitted I did not know how to speak the language of the younger generation. It sounds like a lot of paraphrases and tech words. I know the individual word components but I just don’t understand how that is construed as COMMUNICATION. I try different approaches when communicating with anyone much younger. Arching my eyebrow works about half the time. Using a thoughtful and appreciative facial expression with a slight nod seems to throw them off and they think we are understanding each other. Hah! This is one of my recent rants on my blogsite: Helpchatonline.com and Aging.

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xoxoxo Shawn

Vintners, H. (2001). Aging and the human nervous system.

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