C. and, at the time of the publication, a research
associate with the Urban Ethnic Research Program at Arizona State
University, Tempe, Arizona. I was preparing my first edition of grandpa
stories and Ms McLaughlin kindly gave me permission to include her
article.
I believe the article deserves wide dissemination to care centers for all
age groups, schools, senior centers, retirement residential communities,
health care institutions, and other places, especially to where young and
old gather or reside.
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Joint Day Care for Young and Old
(With the author's permission.)
One evening after work, my husband and I picked up our three children
from their day-care center, and we all went to get her great-grandmother
at hers. As we entered the adult center, we were struck by the immediate
outpouring of love from the elderly to our children.
The day-care adults spontaneously asked questions, and our children,
delighted with having an audience, embraced and talked with their
newfound friends. As any parent will attest, children and grandparents
are allies, because the elderly have the perspective to realize that when a
five-year old girl says she wants to be a ballerina, it does not necessarily
preclude the possibility that she will become a nuclear physicist.
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