It is very hard to put ourselves in the position of those older than we are and understand where they are coming from because we have not yet had experiences like theirs. Think back to something you understand now that you did not when you were first introduced to it and realize it will be like that all your life; when you have children of your own, you may understand what you dad is saying now, for example I'm still puzzled about when I was 6-8 years old and loved going to the beach and ran into the water first thing and did not understand about the adults and how they just wanted to lay in the sand on their towels instead You have to get to "that" age to understand. My eyes are really getting opened being in my 60s now; there's so many things I didn't "get" even watching my grandparents, parents, imagining, even as late as my 50s, before I retired.