Well, for this question, I think there are several answers or reasons. Firstly, because old people always say their own experiences quite a lot, and their children listen to and their speaking is quite a lot, so they always feel bored. And the experiences that old people shared are repeated, so children may have no patience to listen several times. And the second reason is that in mainland China, most old people prefer to talk their own experience about study. For example, they prefer to connect everything with learning and study. So children feel bored when they listen to this kind of saying. And furthermore, all the people like to talk, like to talk how hard their experience is. So I mean young people always listen to this kind of saying. So if you are bored.
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Well, for this question, I think there are several answers or reasons. Firstly, because old people always talk about their own experiences quite a lot, and their children listen to them, but their speaking is quite lengthy, so they always feel bored. And the experiences that old people share are repeated, so children may have no patience to listen several times. And the second reason is that in mainland China, most old people prefer to talk about their own experience regarding study. For example, they prefer to connect everything with learning and study. So children feel bored when they listen to this kind of saying. And furthermore, all the people like to talk about how hard their experience is. So I mean young people always listen to this kind of saying. So if you are bored.
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