This hasn't been my experience at all as a young person. Really the old/young paradigm is a shallow mask of personality traits and their relative development.
As a young person I've encountered older individuals with the motive to
- Shape me into their image (duplicating the ego)
- Threatened by my existence (ego in survival mode)
- Oppress my voice and project what they think I should be (super-ego acting like a child)
- Attempt to take advantage of my 'youthful ignorance' (ego with neutral/evil alignment)
- Interact with me like an individual and genuinely place interest in the mutual growth (self)
I highly value people I run across who fit that last motive.
As a young person I've encountered older individuals with the motive to
- Shape me into their image (duplicating the ego)
- Threatened by my existence (ego in survival mode)
- Oppress my voice and project what they think I should be (super-ego acting like a child)
- Attempt to take advantage of my 'youthful ignorance' (ego with neutral/evil alignment)
- Interact with me like an individual and genuinely place interest in the mutual growth (self)
I highly value people I run across who fit that last motive.