When my mother and her sister were in their teens, they liked to use some face-cream in order to protect their skin. But my grandpa objected to it. In his old opinion, it was wrong for girls to use face-cream. Today it is quite common.

I have read an article in a magazine. It said a mother was worried about her son, just because her son kept long hair. The mother thought that was not right, while the son felt there was nothing unusual about himself.

Different generations often have different opinions about the same thing. That is called "the generation gap. " We can feel that in our daily life. Most of our fathers and mothers like listening to revolutionary songs, while we, the young boys and girls, love pop songs. When my father hears my rock music records, he must say, "Turn it off. It is terrible!" And when I see my father watching Beijing Opera, I will switch the channel immediately.

Why does the generation gap exist? Because the old genera-tion and the young generation live in different periods. So they have different ideas about value, family, human relations, friend-ship and so on. They don't have the same opinions about how to spend their lives and love others.

The generation gap often causes some troubles and argu-ments. To make matters worse, some parents and their children quarrel with each other just because of the generation gap.

We're living in a more liberal world. Everyone, old or young, has the right to do things by themselves. Parents can't al-ways have their children obey their orders. So what can we do? We should think more for others first. In order to get rid of the misunderstandings between different generations, we can explain our thoughts to each other and discuss together. If we tell our true feelings to others', we will be found to be friendly and sin-cere. And the different generations can understand each other well. If we do so, this world will become full of love and sun-shine!

指导教师：张瑞安 王曦波