5 things today's grandparents did or said that just aren't OK anymore by Steven John on Jul 30, 2018, 12:27 PM Advertisement
 - Grandparents are notorious for believing that younger generations listen to horrible music, are irresponsible, and are overly sexualized.
- Many of us have heard from older people about how things were better "back in the day."
- However, there are certain things your grandparents did or said that are absolutely not OK today. Here’s five of them.
More often than not, when a grandparent complains about how things were different "back in my day," the issue isn't so much that things have changed as that people change. Our grandparents endured the same complaints about their rotten modern music when they were gyrating to Elvis or The Beatles as those jeers they now issue when they hear today's top 40 tunes. And while every generation of youngsters seems promiscuous to the older folks, teen birth rates are at an all-time low, revealing that perception and reality are often disparate. The ways in which people relate to one another and in how they go about their daily lives are often similar from generation to generation. However, there are certain things today's grandparents were more likely to have said and done back in their day without a second thought that would be seen as violations of social standards today. SEE ALSO: 8 things my parents let me do that I would never let my kids do People from previous generations smoked more  In 1965, more than 40% of adult Americans smoked cigarettes. As of 2016, that number is significantly lower, with about 15% of adults in the United States using cigarettes, according to the CDC. According to the US National Library of Medicine, experts were gathering evidence that smoking was bad for health as early as the 1930s, but smoking rates remained higher than they are today for much of the century.
Drinking and driving was a factor in more traffic accidents  Drunk driving may plague every generation until automated cars take over the roads, but it's a statistically less significant problem today than it was a few decades back. According to an NIH study, alcohol played a role in more than 60% of traffic deaths in the 1970s, while as of 2014, booze is a factor in 31% of deadly traffic incidents.
People used more culturally insensitive language  When my grandparents were young, it was unremarkable to refer to people of color using inaccurate and offensive terms. Some older people still do today. The continued use of insensitive and outdated language is still an issue, but awareness of how offensive and inappropriate it is has spread throughout society.
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