Dr. Alan Castel
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first heard Jul 2026
last heard 13 Jul
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That's something some older adults will say is like, I'm retired, but I still feel like I'm useful.
I think grandchildren, I mean, it's family.
People will often say when they're, you know, close to the end of life, what were the most important things?
And they'll say, you know, family rituals.
So there's Thanksgiving or Passover when everyone got together and got to doing something.
And so those are kind of some very important memories.
And I think you realize you can also influence the next generation in a meaningful way.
I think some research, again, it's correlational, shows that people who spend five hours a week with their grandchildren have improved memory.
So that seems, we don't know if it's causal, but it's interesting that those who spend more than 20 hours a week don't show this benefit.
In fact, might show the opposite.
They're exhausted.
They're exhausted or they're in an unfortunate situation where they're forced into childcare.
There's a single parent or someone's incarcerated.
So it's interesting to get that insight that, yes, being around younger people or doing some meaningful interaction, whether it's mentoring, whether it's grandchildren.
And I think it's bi-directional.
The children learn from it.
I didn't spend a lot of time with my grandparents, but I have very vivid memories of one grandfather showing me how you can clean a penny in Coca-Cola.
That's like science.
And it was like, that's crazy.
Should I be drinking this?
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