My extended family is fighting about updating our traditional holiday recipes because the younger generation wants plant-based options while the elders feel like we're erasing cultural memory. We're all trying to honor the past and adapt to the future but nobody knows which traditions are worth preserving versus which ones need to evolve.
More people experience this than they realize.
The need to evolve traditions conflicts with the desire to maintain cultural continuity across generations.
“Where Are You with Intergenerational thinking — 7th generation perspective?”
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