Meet My Grandparents, Weekdays at 8am from February 6th, with an omnibus edition on Saturdays at 9am

The special role of grandparents in the lives of children is explored in a new radio series on RTE.‘Meet My Grandparents’ is a series all about children and their grandparents ! Children talk to their grandparents about life when they were children and how things are different for children today. Some of the grandparents you’ll hear talk about ‘powdered eggs’ and never tasting an orange or a banana ! Can you believe that ?

‘Meet My Grandparents’ on RTÉjr Radio.

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A chance meeting with an extraordinary 90 year old started renowned Cornell University gerontologist Dr Karl Pillemer on a journey exploring the trials of life and aging. Nicola Donnelly, CARDI's Communications Officer, writes:

For five years, Pillemer sat down with more than 1,000 older Americans—most of them between the ages of 70 and 100—to talk about lessons for living well.

The result is a bank of valuable and pragmatic advice from older people who have lived through extraordinary change and development in American society and forms the basis for Cornell University's Legacy project and new book 30 Lessons for Living. It features compelling interviews from older people detailing their experiences and lessons relating to key areas of life including marriage, love, work and parenting. Response to the new book has been outstanding:

the PBS Newshour devoted a segment to the book, with interviews with two wonderfully wise elders.

Jane Brody also published a terrific column on the book in the New York Times.

You can also view some of the interviews here:

See more here: http://legacyproject.human.cornell.edu/category/meetelders/

Pillemer directs the Cornell Legacy Project (http://legacyproject.human.cornell.edu/) and is author of the new book 30 Lessons for Living (http://legacyproject.human.cornell.edu/the-book/).