Raising kids as you and your parents grow old & older illustrates vividly the surprising number of similar experiences humans have when they are very young and very old. Today Shel Silverstein reminded me of that with this poem: “The little boy and the old man.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Said the little boy, “Sometimes I drop my spoon.”<\/p>
Said the little old man, “I do that too.”<\/p>
The little boy whispered, “I wet my pants.”<\/p>
“I do that too,” laughed the little old man.<\/p>
Said the little boy, “I often cry.”<\/p>
The old man nodded, “So do I.”<\/p>
“But worst of all,” said the boy, “it seems<\/p>
Grown-ups don’t pay attention to me.”<\/p>
And he felt the warmth of a wrinkled old hand.<\/p>
“I know what you mean,” said the little old man.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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