Introduction Intergenerational conflicts often attract a lot of attention although they have been researched for decades and even centuries. The conflict between parents and children may take different forms, but it often results in serious issues for all the stakeholders including the development of serious mental and emotional disorders (Koehn and Kerns 2016). Family relationships have been discussed within different platforms including popular literature and scholarly sources. These two sources have different goals but can serve as the facilitators of the debate on the matter. This media report focuses on the intergenerational conflict related to dress codes and the way they are presented in scholarly and popular sources. Cultural Aspects One of the recurrent themes linked to dress codes and the conflict between parents and adolescents is the adherence to cultural norms. Rasmi and Daly (2015) explore this issue and claim that Arab teenagers emphasize that their parents try to control the way they dress, which is regarded as undesirable and inappropriate by their children. It is noteworthy that the participants of the study tended to mention their parents’ focus on the existing norms and other people’s opinions. Popular media also address this area displaying the way parents and their children resolve their conflicts. Awad (2015) mentions the things Arab teenagers have to hide from their parents, and certain kind of clothes is number two on the list. It is necessary to note that the two articles dwell upon a similar topic but focus on different elements. The information is also presented in two different ways as the popular media aim at entertaining rather than providing facts and conclusions. Rasmi and Daly (2015) carry out a qualitative study and interview several participants to gain insights into the way people see the conflict. At the same time, Awad (2015) provides some tweets to support her claims. Irrespective of the different levels of reliability and validity, the two sources help in understanding the nature of the conflict in Arab families. It is clear that Arab parents use an authoritative style to ensure their adolescent children’s compliance with certain rules and norms. Awad (2015) also sheds light on the way teenagers handle the problem by concealing their clothes. The author unveils some strategies adolescents use to address the conflict. It is obvious that inappropriate methods are often found, and more severe problems can emerge. The articles mentioned above are closely linked to the topic related to race and ethnicity discussed by Cohen (2018). Cohen (2018) states that families tend to be affected by such outside forces as culture, ethnicity, and race. Arab Americans, especially new immigrants, face a myriad of issues so dressing codes can be a manifestation of belonging to a group. It is also clear that parents try to maintain ties with their heritage through strict adherence to norms while adolescents are more open and willing to fit in, which creates the premise for the conflict (Rasmi and Daly 2015). The cultural aspect of the problem has a considerable significance for the American society that consists of many ethnic groups. For instance, according to Statista (2018), slightly over 60% of the US population is comprised on non-Hispanic whites, and this figure is estimated to r