NCJ Number
127063
Journal
Children Today Volume: 17 Issue: 1 Dated: (January/February 1988) Pages: 10-13
Date Published
1988
Length
4 pages
Annotation
Within the scope of intergenerational programming designed to bring together younger and older persons through a mutually beneficial exchange, a growing number of program initiatives are seeking to involve older people to help at-risk teenagers.
Abstract
These intergenerational programs are distinguished by approaches that focus on meeting the most important needs of disadvantaged youth. The programs make use of both the parenting skills and life experience of senior adults in an effort to reach high-risk groups. Initiatives include programs designed to help teenage mothers rear their children, help to strengthen employment prospects, and tutor potential school dropouts. The available evidence suggests the value of developing more intergenerational programs for helping at-risk youth as the supportive one-to-one relationships these programs promote and the learning that is exchanged by both the youth and the senior adults are considerable. Several examples of intergenerational programs for at-risk youth are described.