Generational conflict: when you and your parents talk past each other

Your parents grew up with different values and opportunities? How generational conflict plays out, questions to reflect on and what coaching can add.

Family and the people around you

Your parents grew up in a different time, with different values, opportunities and worries. What seems obvious to you feels strange to them, and the other way round.

How it can show up

Discussions about work, relationships or lifestyle quickly end in mutual incomprehension.
Your parents hardly understand how you want to earn a living.
You avoid certain topics at home altogether.
Both sides feel they are not taken seriously.

Questions for you

There are no right answers. Take the question that stays with you.

Which experiences shaped your parents' outlook?
Where do you agree despite everything?
What do you need from them: approval, understanding or simply respect?
How could you open a difficult topic so that both sides listen?

Where coaching can help

Coaching can help you clarify your own position and have conversations in which both sides feel heard, even if you still disagree.

When other help fits better

If the family as a whole is stuck, family counselling can bring everyone to the same table.

If it is too much right now

Coaching is not psychotherapy and not a crisis service. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, contact the emergency services where you are right away, or a crisis service near you.

Want to talk it through?

In a free 20-minute intro call we look at whether coaching is the right way to work on this for you. If it is not, I will tell you so.

Book an intro call