Grandmas Can't Trampoline

Grandmas Can't TrampolineJess is facing her worst nightmare! Yet again shes being abandoned by her globe trotting parents. Usually she stays with friends. Its fun. But this time shes off to the States to spend summer with Grandma Nancy, her only living grandparent. Theyve never met in person, but FaceTime has shown Jess all she needs to know. Grandma is totally embarrassing. Old people are boring. Whilst Jess friends are all off camping or chillaxing in villas, Jess faces a

Jess is facing her worst nightmare!
Yet again sheÕs being abandoned by her globe-trotting parents.

Usually she stays with friends. ItÕs fun. But this time sheÕs off to the States to spend summer with Grandma Nancy, her only living grandparent. TheyÕve never met in person, but FaceTime has shown Jess all she needs to know. Grandma is totally embarrassing. Old people are boring. Whilst JessÕ friends are all off camping or chillaxing in villas, Jess faces a tedious summer with Grandma and her elderly friends. It will be JUST AWFUL. Her life is doomed.

Or is it? As it turns out, JessÕ summer with Grandma Nancy is full of surprises. She will NEVER see older people in the same way again.

Louise Pendry is a Senior Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Exeter, UK. She wants to get the word out that itÕs OK to age, and that all of us, whatever our age, have much to learn from each other.