With the advancement of science and medicine, people are enjoying a longer life than before and in many countries, people are well aware of the population growth and as a result having only one kid or two. These reasons lead, the fact that in many countries, the proportion of older people is growing faster. This has both the positive and negative effects.
At first, older people are more experienced and can contribute largely by counselling the young generation. There are some professions like teaching where an experienced teacher can be more benevolent than a young teacher. Again, older people are the witness of the history and they can reveal the past to us more practical than others. Finally, since young members of a family are busy outside and cannot manage time to share with kids, so the older people can be good companions to those kids and can help them to raise in a family environment rather than in a day-care- centre.
On the contrary, in some society older people are considered to be burdened, especially in those areas where people suffer from extreme poverty. Older people require more attention and extra care and the touch of relatives. But because of the generation gap and poverty, they are often ignored and that's a horrible experience for them. Again, naturally aged people can't do much physical labour and that's why they have fewer practical contributions to the society compared to their younger counterparts.
Considering all the issues, though it might seem a little harsh, but I think that a considerable portion of older people can be helpful for all of us, but if it's reach to an extreme proportion than then it's a bad omen both for the new generation and the old people themselves.
With the advancement of science and medicine,
people
are enjoying a longer life than
before
and in
many
countries,
people
are well aware of the population growth and
as a result
having
only
one kid or two. These reasons lead, the fact that in
many
countries, the proportion of
older
people
is growing faster. This has both the
positive
and
negative
effects.
At
first
,
older
people
are more experienced and can contribute
largely
by counselling the young generation. There are
some
professions like teaching where an experienced teacher can be more benevolent than a young teacher. Again,
older
people
are the witness of the
history and
they can reveal the past to us more practical than others.
Finally
, since young members of a family are busy outside and cannot manage time to share with kids,
so
the
older
people
can be
good
companions to those kids and can
help
them to raise in a family environment
rather
than in a day-care-
centre
.
On the contrary
, in
some
society
older
people
are considered
to
be burdened
,
especially
in those areas where
people
suffer from extreme poverty.
Older
people
require more attention and extra care and the touch of relatives.
But
because
of the generation gap and poverty, they are
often
ignored
and that's a horrible experience for them. Again,
naturally
aged
people
can't do much physical
labour
and that's why they have fewer practical contributions to the society compared to their younger counterparts.
Considering all the issues, though it might seem a
little
harsh,
but
I
think
that a considerable portion of
older
people
can be helpful for all of us,
but
if it's reach to an extreme proportion than then it's a
bad
omen both for the new generation and the
old
people
themselves.