Today, it is not uncommon for parents to call their children because they need help performing a simple task on a computer, like ripping a CD and using an email program to mail a song to someone. Typically, parents teach children, not the other way around. What creates situations in which parents have to turn to their children for help

The rate at which the meaning of words change

Explanation: certain slang use or text phrases may be hard for a parent to understand especially considering how fast words are given different meanings. An example can be the word "cap" which before was just something you wore on your head, to also being a slang word for lying.

the economic difference between the three colonial regions. shipbuilding, whaling, fishing, and trapping where also main factors to the economy. the southern regional colonies economy was based on sugarcane, rice, cotton, tobacco, and indigo.