How can interacting with people of other generations benefit both parties?

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Everyday we live our lives among people from other generations other than ours. It is not something we necessarily think about on our daily routines, but interacting between generations can actually benefit both parties in multiple ways.
In the last 20 years the number of the elderly living among us has raised by 56% and it is still rising. What can we learn from them and how can their existence enrich our lives?
For starters, the elders have been living in this world long before we were born. They have lived through multiple phases in history. They know how to react to certain experiences we may not have yet experienced or even have answers to possible outcomes that could happen as sometimes “history repeats itself”. They can help us be better parents. They have raised generations & have experienced parenting through the years and we could sure benefit from their guidance in teaching the newer generations. 
It has been proved that the brain improves with age when it comes to complex problem-solving and emotional skills. We live among elderly people who may have hidden skills they have acquired in their life time. Why not develop a friendship with them and learn from a retired expert? 
One can not only learn a lot from interacting with elder people, but they can also feel more fulfilled as they often can give great advice and provide strong emotional support. Life experiences most often result in learning, we need to look up to the elderly for guidance.
But it is not just us that can benefit from establishing a friendship with a different generations: they can also benefit from us! Our generation is full of modern technologies and information that was not available to older ones. We can help older generations understand the world today and how it works. They can also benefit from our youth and energy. Unfortunately as age comes, so do physical problems. This is where our help and physical abilities really could help an elder.
We live our daily lives with beings that represent the past, the present and the future. Each generation is precious in its own way but we must rely on those whose lives are closer to the end of the timelines to learn from things we have no experienced so our generation can be wiser and our information and abilities can be passed on to future generations.

By Eva Cantos


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