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After all, it will happen to them eventually, unless they die young.
Although I remember being given books and quite a bit of instruction about puberty, adolescence, and general health, the whole topic of what happens when your body is on the downward arc was a grim mystery.
I feel that it would make sense to educate young people about what they can expect on that "arc." Maybe they would take better care of themselves, and maybe they would be less inclined to view Old people as a separate, inferior species.
Just my $.02 for today.
When one is a kid, old age is an awful long way off. They can look to their parents and grandparents, as others have said.
Why would a young kid worry about something that won't be happening to them for a long time? I don't really understand the point to this thread. Everyone knows about aging already and knows it will happen to them. They just choose not to worry about it
You must be quite young and live a rather sheltered life. Is this your first visit to the retirement section?
Your idea that the only thing anyone over 50 needs is food and shelter is preposterous.
Please take some time and read the threads here to see your statement is quite wrong.
Ha Ha I'm retired. early, and spend money like mad but I was speaking from the perspective of a younger person. Perhaps you are not old enough to discover the super power oldsters get, invisibility!
[/b]Yes, I am in the same situation. I am in my early 70s and did not take budgeting very seriously until only recently. Unfortunately, for me, spending was comforting. There wasn't much else doing that.
At least you know or knew that spending was a comfort. Teaching someone to do a budget wouldn't help that. We are taught to add and subtract, by what second grade.
Learning to control ourselves is different.
As for aging, I'm 55, but try to watch what others are doing - my older relatives. See what works, what doesn't.
One thing I'm trying to control is not to overdo. Pace myself. Not think I am super human.
My youngest son had a half semester class where they included this. They covered the life cycle as well as general health, taxes, interest, budgeting, and much more. Of course it was very basic, but it really helped prepare them for adulthood. They learned how to apply for college and jobs, as well as opening bank accounts and writing checks.
[/b]Yes, I am in the same situation. I am in my early 70s and did not take budgeting very seriously until only recently. Unfortunately, for me, spending was comforting. There wasn't much else doing that.
Well.
For you and Moon, that is what parents are supposed to do.
Frankly, I can see not knowing stuff back in the day, but now everything in the world is google-able in seconds.
We do tell people of all ages to not smoke, not eat crap, not drink, not do drugs, stay out of the sun, exercise, get checkups...this IS aging education.
My youngest son had a half semester class where they included this. They covered the life cycle as well as general health, taxes, interest, budgeting, and much more. Of course it was very basic, but it really helped prepare them for adulthood. They learned how to apply for college and jobs, as well as opening bank accounts and writing checks.
Basic is all I would want my child to be exposed to at school. I don't agree with most people's financial philosophy and I don't want to fight an uphill battle convincing him not to do what he learned in school.
But the basics...hell, he is 3 and already understands where money comes from and that you have to earn it to buy things. By the time he is in middle school, he should have all the basics. Where are the parents?
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