Editing Generation gap (section)

==History==
John Protzko and Jonathan Schooler report that since 624 BC people have complained about the decline of the present generation of youth compared to earlier generations. They call this the "kids these days effect".<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Protzko |first1=John |last2=Schooler |first2=Jonathan W. |date=2019-10-16 |title=Kids these days: Why the youth of today seem lacking |journal=Science Advances |volume=5 |issue=10 |pages=eaav5916 |doi=10.1126/sciadv.aav5916 |issn=2375-2548 |pmc=6795513 |pmid=31663012|bibcode=2019SciA....5.5916P }}</ref>

Early sociologists such as [[Karl Mannheim]] noted differences across generations in how the youth transits into adulthood,<ref>Furlong, A 2013</ref> and studied the ways in which generations separate themselves from one another, in the home and in social situations and areas (such as churches, clubs, senior centers, and youth centers).

The sociological theory of a generation gap first came to light in the 1960s, when the younger generation (later known as [[baby boomers]]) seemed to go against everything their parents had previously believed in terms of music, values, government and political views as well as cultural tastes. Sociologists now refer to the "generation gap" as "institutional age segregation". Usually, when any of these age groups are engaged in its primary activity, the individual members are physically isolated from people of other generations, with little interaction across age barriers except at the [[nuclear family]] level.