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SENIOR RESOURCES

THE CYCLE
Back to the Present OF LEARNING

randparents are often known to In the last 60 years, our nation and Family generally provides a safety
say there is nothing like having our world have seen the good, the net and a safe place to fall for young
Ga grandchild. While their job as bad and the ugly while many of our adults who look to the future with
parents was to raise their children for high school students have not. From normal excitement, curiosity and some
the next step in life – as grandparents, war to recovery, national pandemics insecurity. Grandparents offer words
it is their opportunity to fully spoil. to personal histories within families – of wisdom in their years of experience
Likewise, grandchildren love their shared stories are the very fabric not that can assist with that insecurity and
grandparents for their loving ways, and only in maintaining family values, but ensure the long-term connection so
of course – the spoiling. also in keeping important stories alive important between generations.
to pass along for generations to come.
One of the greatest opportunities Likewise, the stories and experience –
between the two generations is the Likewise, high school students though short – of grandchildren getting
sharing of experiences and stories. have much to share with our aging ready to face the world as young adults
Our nation’s seniors in high school population. Technology is just one can benefit grandparents, ensuring a
have the world at their feet, yet not example of tremendous growth in full circle of learning.
a world of experience. Grandparents the last decade alone. Grandparents
have a plethora of experience and can benefit by the shared experiences Families grow when they support
wisdom to pass along. In the years with grandchildren fully engaged in each other. The connection between
leading up to graduation from high the techno-world of today. By putting grandparents and their grandchildren
school, true historical accounts shared down devices and discussing their helps ensure we are better connected
by grandparents can be paramount thoughts with a generation less familiar from historical to current events, from
not only to knowledge, but also to with the latest technology, teaching “back to the present”.
the continued connection between and learning can go both ways.
grandchild and grandparent, as the
grandchild becomes an adult.

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