Before I had my daughter, I hardly knew any children. There was just no occasion to ever meet any. I mostly hung out with my friends from college - all of them childless at that time - or my coworkers, who never brought their kids to work or our company parties. If it wasn’t for t
To add to this, there's a (small movement?) to do intergenerational care -- kinda like combining daycare and senior homes into one, closing the loop. You can google "daycare and senior care together" (afraid if I post links, I might get marked as spam). There's some wonderful articles, and apparently a growing number of centres that are doing or open to doing this!
I absolutely love the idea and think it's a win-win-win. Though if someone knows more, feel free to point any drawbacks/ unforeseen issues this may cause.
Wow. Thoughtful! This is indeed true now that I think of. How do we know humans of other age band behave without interacting with them? You just opened a flood of thoughts by your this post. Thanks.
To add to this, there's a (small movement?) to do intergenerational care -- kinda like combining daycare and senior homes into one, closing the loop. You can google "daycare and senior care together" (afraid if I post links, I might get marked as spam). There's some wonderful articles, and apparently a growing number of centres that are doing or open to doing this!
I absolutely love the idea and think it's a win-win-win. Though if someone knows more, feel free to point any drawbacks/ unforeseen issues this may cause.
Wow. Thoughtful! This is indeed true now that I think of. How do we know humans of other age band behave without interacting with them? You just opened a flood of thoughts by your this post. Thanks.
love this!
Highly reminiscent of Yoram Hazony's arguments and I 100% agree.