My favourite parent should be patient, genial and intelligent, who could take responsibilites of both work and family as well as appreciate life.
A parent should be responsibal for his or her job while the family life should also not be ignored.A good parent would be diligent in his or her career for that it is a social obligation. However, a work holic can't be a good parent. A perfect parent should balance his time between work and family.
When I have a conflict with my parents, I'd prefer to comunicate with them. We may debate sometimes, but that should be done when we're all calm. I think that the generation gap can be fixed with effective comunication.