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> And overall, I gotta say, there is no comparison: my friends have 100 times
> better relations with their kids on average than my generation (50) had with
> our parents. They're closer, they trust each more and they know each other
> better.
I'm willing to believe this, but how do you know it's not just a matter of switching perspective? My uneducated guess would be that most parents (of any given generation) have a more positive view of their relationships with their children than visa-versa.