Intergenerational Activities Quotes

I tried to take my gran to the Brits, but she's 81, and I don't know if she was up for making the whole journey all that way for one night anyway.

I worked at an old folks' home once in Harlem, and I was an activities volunteer. I used to do all these plays with the old people. I did 'The Wizard of Oz;' it was adapted. There was a guy there who played the harmonica, so we had an overture, and The Wizard was 96.

It is my wish to delight all members of the family, young and old, parent and child.

Eating cookies that you bake with your grandmother is one of the greatest social steps one must experience in order to grow up into a decent world citizen, in my opinion.

My advice to seniors - and I consider myself one - is to first and foremost take care of your body. Secondly, find something where you could say, "I'm helping somebody else." And it may be just helping raise a grandkid. Or teaching a child to read - one child to read.

Oftentimes when kids are left with their grandparents they're not agile enough to keep up with all of the things that they're going through.

My kids don't slow down, but they like to hang just with us, with mum and dad. They play with us and we play, too.

We believed in our idea - a family park where parents and children could have fun- together.

Combine nursing homes with nursery schools. Bring very old and very young together: they interest one another.

There is no such thing as fun for the whole family.

Tying the little folks with the older folks is a great and powerful tool to preserve and to protect the family and the individual.

There is less difference than you would imagine entertaining little children and entertaining adults.

Both young children and old people have a lot of time on their hands. That's probably why they get along so well.

Being a young parent, you can play cricket, football, and I can play chess with my son. In fact, he plays the piano better than I do.

It is my belief that exciting things happen when a variety of overlapping activities designed for all people-the old and the young, the blue and white collar, the local inhabitant and the visitor, different activities for different occasions-meet in a flexible environment, opening up the possibility of interaction outside the confines of institutional limits. When this takes place, deprived areas welcome dynamic places for those who live, work and visit; places where all can participate, rather than less or more beautiful ghettos.

Alike all ages. Dames of ancient days Have led their children through the mirthful maze, And the gay grandsire, skill'd in gestic lore, Has frisk'd beneath the burden of threescore.

It's one of the best programs I've ever seen because it benefits both sides: children, who need love, and grandparents, elderly people, who need to feel wanted.