They don't listen to metranslated

Adolescence is a critical period in a person's journey to find meaning and content in life. In the past, it may have been the most critical. Today, because our world and culture have become child-centered, justifying everything to the young, the search for meaning in life is extended much later.

Protopresbyter Themistocles Mourtzanou (Dr. of Theology)

After all, exiting adolescence used to mean getting ready for work and family. Today, the creation of a family is postponed until much later in time, while people first want to settle down financially, to live their lives in the sense of enjoyment, without commitments and without particular pursuits. That's why even when the elders have different positions and opinions from the young, their words fly away, without being heard. Thus, comes the complaint, "that they don't listen to me".

Egocentrism triumphs in our times. It is not only the postmodern approach that the criterion of truth is ourselves. It is also the feeling that I have the right to be free and that my freedom implies self-determination in an absolute way. I do not co-exist, I am not obliged to…