WYCHOWANIE WSPÓŁCZESNEJ MŁODZIEŻY DO ZROZUMIENIA I AKCEPTACJI STAROŚCI – UJĘCIE KATECHETYCZNE
Educating young people to understand and accept old age – a catechetic approach

Summary/Abstract: Educating young people at catechesis to understand and to accept old age requires diverse educational activities. These include sharing knowledge about the dignity of elderly people, about their importance in the family, and about the value of wisdom and experience in educating young people. Such knowledge is necessary to understand and to accept old age. Drawing on reliable knowledge about old age (especially the dignity of elderly people, their wisdom and experience) deserves particular attention in the post-modernistic culture. Elderly people are usually perceived as helpless, confused, useless, unfit, both physically and mentally, anxious, passive, dull and troublesome. On the other hand, their wisdom, which comes with age and experience, is not undervalued. Therefore, it should be regarded as important that such activities are initiated in religious teaching which a focus on supporting young people in understanding and accepting old age. Passing on knowledge about old age also requires getting involved in initiatives with and for elderly people. Working together creates a favourable environment for the openness of adults, children and adolescents to each other’s diversity and facilitates inter-generation dialogue. This is a climate in which values can be passed on, in which people can learn from one another and in which interpersonal bonds can be created. However, achieving these objectives requires appropriate pedagogic initiatives in religious teaching, which support students in acquiring the ability to understand elderly people, to learn and to cooperate

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