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The Intergenerational Response to Childcare and After-School Care.
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Larkin, Elizabeth – Generations, 1999
Discusses the need to improve child care situations and suggests an intergenerational intervention as a solution. Describes successful models such as"Foster Grandparents." (JOW)
Descriptors: After School Programs, Child Caregivers, Day Care, Intergenerational Programs
Reducing the Generation Gap and Strengthening Schools.
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Waddock, Sandra A.; Freedman, Marc – Generations, 1999
Points out that there are fewer adults in families and that schools are unused before and after classes. Suggests that older adults can provide some support for school-aged children who would normally go home to an empty house. (JOW)
Descriptors: After School Programs, Generation Gap, Intergenerational Programs, Older Adults