CHILDREN'S ATTITUDES TOWARD THE ELDERLY AND AGING |
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| Authors: | Sue Page Romeo Olivas Jacqueline Driver Rebecca Driver |
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| Institution: | 1. James Madison University;2. Sweet Briar College |
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| Abstract: | This article describes the attitudes of children aged 3 to 11 toward the elderly and what they think about the aging process. It examines the development of the ability to discriminate aging in people as defined in Piaget's theory. Education must reach children long before 6 years of age if it is to modify their perceptions of older people and to create positive images of aging. |
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