Denial by old people of the significance of the past

Old people tend to feel that the past is not helpful, an attitude reinforced by the attitudes of adults and the young. They neglect to share the traditions and experience that should be passed on to present society. Remembering past despair and disillusionment they are unable to relate this to the future and do not see their insight as relevant.

1. Silence about historical situations
2. Limited social guidance by older generations

1. Paralysis of elders faced with the future
2. Global amnesia
3. Failure to profit from patterns of history

1. Modern disruption of traditional symbol systems

1. Historically determined concerns

1. Nostalgia
2. Limited community responsibility of adults

1. Specifying requirements for employment
2. Seeking wisdom from the past
3. Living by past experience
4. Denying significance of the past

1. Significance
2. Self-denial
3. Irrelevance
4. Insignificance
5. Inexperience
6. Experience
7. Disapproval
8. Denial
9. Approval