People Reveal Things Their Parents’ Generation Got Right
Where are we going with healthcare.
Most young adults tend to look down on the way things were done in their parent’s generation, but sometimes a few are able to see that maybe past generations had the right idea about some things and they wish the same would be happening now.
Well, a recent Twitter thread explored that exact idea, after someone asked, “What’s something that you think our parent’s generation got right but we’re failing at?” with plenty of people chiming in with answers.
Responses include:
- “Neighborhood watch. Most people knew each other from the beginning to the end of their street, and could therefore look out for each other. These days, most people keep their kids inside because everyone is minding their business and could care less about kids’ safety.”
- “Privacy(?) Now people just wake up and share very personal details on the internet because they can.”
- “That thing where they could own a home and raise a family off of a low-skill factory job was pretty legit. Wish we’d bring that one back.”
- “Hospitality. As a kid, I saw my parents give top-notch affordable hospitality to TOTAL strangers, even to the point of giving accommodation to someone they totally never knew. Now, in our time, it might not be feasible for “security reasons.” But even in the reason, it’s sad.”
- “Phones. You could get loud, cuss someone smooth out on a land line house phone and slam that thing down. The person on the other end could hear and feel it. The ‘boop’ of a cell phone call ended just doesn’t give what needs to be gave.”
- “Helping your neighbor when they have issues. Bringing food, money, and services to those who are down or going through hard times.”
- “Spending time together as a family/community. There’s this bond that was brewed when people spent time physically with each other mostly in the evenings to laugh and talk about their day. It isn’t that way anymore and it’s not anyone’s fault exactly, times change.”
- “Tangible copies of art and music and films. Buying something once and being able to repair/update it manually. We buy media online and it can literally change or become obsolete due to whatever. Music you own can be snatched from you and reuploaded differently.”
- “I think “fixing things” – seemed to be a normal thing to fix anything that was broken…Just fixing things instead of binning and buying new.”
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