God commands us to honor fathers and mothers, but God did not anticipate societies in which knowledge obsolesces. Parents cling to the assumptions of their lives, and having done what their times demanded, resent the lesser demands of more modern times.
One need not be a sociologist to see a widening generation gap. The "self indulgent" young live in the present while goal oriented parents save for tomorrow. Our constitution, reflecting the values of its day, fixed age requirements for elective office with higher offices requiring greater age. We reduce the voting age to eighteen. The day may come when thirty five is the maximun, not minimum, age for presidential service.
Change is everywhere, but we persist in ancient patterns. The idea experience counts for little and that children know better goes against everything we want to believe, but our alienated young represent the best hope for a brighter tormorrow. If we are smart, we will follow them.