"Bridging the Gap"
 It's no surprise that Baby Boomers and Generation X'ers have different approaches to work, family, self and life in general. Instead of focusing on the tension that those differences sometimes create, older women and younger women can learn from and appreciate each other. Just open your mind and the lines of communication. Here are some tips to initiating a dialogue and beginning to bridge the gap between generations.
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Ariel Hyatt - 30, business owner.
"My mom is a fantastic, trail-blazing woman. But a lot of times she was not there, she was off running her own company and being a boss.
My mother sacrificed things to have her career. The ironic part is what my mom sacrificed I reap the benefits of in my own career. If my mother hadn't taken all those risks, I never would've believed that I could."
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Carole Hyatt - career woman, author and mother of a 30-year-old.
"The biggest criticism that older women have with younger women is they want it all too fast. All they know is 'Let me at it. I can do the job, let me do it now,' ...that whole sense of entitlement."
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