Generation Gap Narrows - Nov 25, 2009
by The Center for the Future of Museums News Department
According to a new survey commissioned by the Nickelodeon network, "New cultural attitudes, the expanding role of technology and the current economic climate are narrowing the generation gap and drawing today’s American families closer together, changing how parents raise and regard their children compared with how their parents raised them." One interesting finding is that "technology serves as a core family member, as parents and kids spend time together using various media" — very different from the common view that generations are separated by an unbridgeable digital divide. Click here for more details.
by The Center for the Future of Museums News Department
According to a new survey commissioned by the Nickelodeon network, "New cultural attitudes, the expanding role of technology and the current economic climate are narrowing the generation gap and drawing today’s American families closer together, changing how parents raise and regard their children compared with how their parents raised them." One interesting finding is that "technology serves as a core family member, as parents and kids spend time together using various media" — very different from the common view that generations are separated by an unbridgeable digital divide. Click here for more details.