Perception of Students towards Traditional Values of Grandparents in the Family

Younger generations are the pillars of future India. It is our duty to guide children with moral, cultural and traditional values of our society. In this process, socialization plays a vital role in the attitude of children towards elderly people in the family and also in the society. In India, still a higher proportion of elderly living with their families. There are changes in both composition and quality of interactions among the members. The generation gap is widening due to fast changing lifestyle, globalization, migration of young and influence of diverse ideologies. There are evidences that inter-generational relations are undergoing transitions due to social and cultural changes. Teenagers specially perceive their grandparents in a different way (Gayatri Devi, 2004). Due to the influence of western culture, changes in family type (i.e. from joint family to nuclear family) the ethical values of our culture is day by day decreasing. The gap between grandparents and grand children relationship has widened. The present study focuses on the attitude of students towards imbibing ethics of grandparents in the family. 23 male and 32 female students were selected from Bharathiar University for the study using simple random sampling method. The study is descriptive in nature.