An important source for ideas
and models for grandparents to meet the needs-and the yearnings-of this
era's grandchildren and children generally are in the observations and
experiences of older adults. It is not up to our young grandchildren to
say what in our life's experiences might be useful or enlightening to
them? If it was up to them, how might they draw it out of us? A
paradox indeed.
This is not a child's storybook, although some of the stories, vignettes
and essays may interest youth from toddlers to young adults and, from
other perspectives, parents, grandparents, and teachers. The book's intent
is to demonstrate one older lay person's approach to fostering interaction
between generations in the context of family, school and culture.
PART ONE WE LEARN FROM EACH OTHER
One of the ground rules in writing my 'grandpa' stories was to keep
within the youngsters' range of comprehension and imagination, and
about living things, objects, activities and places to which their
imaginations could relate. In fantasy stories, when my grandchildren
were very young, for instance, I animated toys familiar to them, or
modified characters from their favorite books and sent them off on
adventures that did not frighten or cause them apprehension for the toy's
safety.
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