demographics
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Please Stop Using These Common Ageist Phrases
Ageism is the “last acceptable bias,” at least according to the AARP. While age-based prejudice is more often directed at older workers, it does go both ways: “Both older and younger adults are often disadvantaged in the workplace and access to specialised training and education decline significantly with age,” says the World Health Organisation. In…
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Why We Need Intergenerational Friendships
When you’re in elementary school, having friends from a different grade can be an indicator of your social status. Hanging around with kids in the grade below yours might be seen as a negative, but if you manage to get in with the older kids, you must be doing something right. Interesting, considering that either…