9 Movies Parents Should Watch To Understand This Generation

As we grow up, generation gap eventually starts playing between the parents and their children. As a result, whenever we try to engage with our parents, conversations start turning into an argument. Sometimes, it is really hard for parents to understand their children's point of view. Therefore, we bring you some movies which capture the life of youth at its best and which may help parents understand their kids better.

1. Taare Zameen Par

This film is a perfect example of every student's life in their childhood. Although, Ishaan was a dyslexic, but, the film shows us that every child is special. Instead of forcing them to score good marks in academics, we should work with them to identify their strengths and help them polish it.

2. Lakshya

This film portrays the story of a rich kid who was an aimless young man and how he became an army officer. In this process, he went through many difficulties, but finally, he found his goal at the top of a mountain peak at a height of 18,000 ft.

3. 3 Idiots

The film is based on Chetan Bhagat's novel 'Five Point Someone' and raised an issue on our Education System which produces only book geeks, not brilliant minds.

4. Ae Dil Hai Mushkil

One sided love is one of the most common things that majority of people go through in their life. This movie gives us a great insight into people's life, who are able to move on from this phase of life and also those who are not.

5. Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar

This film portrays the reality of school life, where we go through or experience various feelings, such as, love, heartbreak, love for sibling and passion among kids for winning a competetion.

6. Dil Chahta Hai

It's a wonderful story of three friends who are fresh out of college and how their friendship changes in the following years.

7. Queen

This movie is a beautiful lesson for all parents, specially parents who are bringing up a girl child. The story revolves around an under-confident Punjabi girl from New Delhi, who goes for her honeymoon to Paris all alone, when her fiancé calls off their wedding.

8. Udaan

It's a story of a 17-year-old boy, who comes back from a boarding school to his house, after getting expelled and how his father's disappointment takes the form of verbal and physical abuse. 

9. Wake Up Sid

It's a wonderful story of a poor little rich kid, who finds out his passion for photography after failing in his third-year college exams. 

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