Abstract
The article deals with the issue of relationships among contemporary generations. It is devoted to the specific communication and relationships development between today's children and their grandparents. What is the role played by grandparents in lives of their grandchildren? Is the generation gap so powerful to destroy the traditionally strong relationships in families? Our text stresses the importance of an intergenerational socializations influence and its positives for individuals and the whole family system. The article is based on the empirical survey among the 202 respondents in the age group 12–17. The data tried to show that there are differences in relationships in families where the generations are living together and the families with separate living of generations. However, this presumption was not confirmed and our data show that there is no difference in frequency and quality of relationships between both groups of families. The important question is, if the face-to-face communication has been replaced by other means of communication, especially through modern media, or not. The data show the intensity and content of intergenerational meeting in family. It brings some view on the attitudes of young Czech people towards their grandparents. The results show the mostly positive intergenerational relationships and the value of older generations for young people. Interesting are expressions of appreciation of grandmothers and grandfathers from their grandchildren. The relationships to grandparents are mostly influenced by the whole family climate and are closely connected with the parental attitudes toward the older generations.
Highlights
Society as a whole is made up of individuals of different ages with different life experiences and approach to life
The article is based on the empirical survey among the 202 respondents in the age group [12–17]
Such groups of contemporaries are known as generation and they are linked to belonging to a certain age group, and with some cultural background and historical events that framed their lives. Those who are together in some stage of family life are defined as generations
Summary
Society as a whole is made up of individuals of different ages with different life experiences and approach to life. With a membership to the generations, there are connected certain social roles and social status, which are subjected to the changing society and culture This text focuses on the relationships among generations within the family cycle and it is about children, parents and grandparents. It asks a question in what current grandparents are important for today’s generation of children and what role they play in contemporary family life. These questions are crucial as considerable individualization and atomization of family life and disruption of some. Specific attention is paid to the relationships between generations of children and grandparents; these relationships may be affected by generational gap and generational conflict
Sign-in/Register to view highlights & summary Sign-in/Register to access full text options 
Free) 
Talk to us
Join us for a 30 min session where you can share your feedback and ask us any queries you have
Schedule a call
