What is it about different generations that makes it hard to communicate? What is it about fathers and sons that makes it difficult to relate to one another? This video has something to teach us - boys and girls - about relating to our parents and grandparents. It might even say something to the parents and grandparents?
Take five minutes to watch this video:
Now for some questions:
- Might endless, repetitive questions irritate a person? Do you have an example to share?
- What lesson is the older gentleman trying to convey to the younger man?
- Are you ever too busy to give a loving answer to someone?
- How many times should you answer a question for someone? Do circumstances make a difference?
- Is it worth your energy to lose your temper? What could be done instead?
- Do the foreign language and the subtitles add to the mood of this scene?
- Is there ever a time when children repay their elders for raising them? When?
- If your parents kept a journal about your childhood, what kinds of things would they have recorded?
