- What do you enjoying do with your
- How are you and your grandparents alike? How are you different?
- What do you love most about your grandparents?
- In what ways do you want to be like your grandparents when you grow up?
- What is the single most important lesson you've
learned from your grandparents?
- Think back over the stories your grandparents have
told of their own childhoods or early adult years. Which stories are most
memorable? Why? Choose one or more such story to relate to your
- How does the world of today differ from the world in
which your grandparents grew up? In what ways is it the same?
- If you could go anywhere in the world with your
grandparents, where would you go? How would you get there? What
would you do?
- How does life change as people age? How is your
life today different than it was five years ago? Ten years ago? What
do you expect your life to be like twenty-five years from now?
- What sorts of things have you learned from your grandparents?
- How do the roles of parents and grandparents
differ? In what ways are they the same?
- Beyond your grandparents by birth or adoption, are
there other senior citizens -- neighbors or friends -- who are like
grandparents to you? If so, how do these relationships enhance both their
life and yours?
- National Grandparents Day began in an effort to draw attention to the plight of elderly people who had been placed in nursing homes or assisted living facilities, then largely ignored/forgotten by their families. In light of this, discuss the role senior care centers play in our society today.
- Do you see such communities in a positive, negative, or neutral light? Why?
- How do you think families should care for aging relatives?
- What benefits can assisted living offer? What are the drawbacks of such a living arrangement?
- When might round-the-clock care be a necessity?
- What responsibilities do family members have to
relatives in assisted living facilities? What responsibilities does the
community at large have to these individuals?