Here's a comment to my post on Exercising Your Most Important Assets that talked about the need to exercise our minds and bodies to keep them in good, functioning order well into our senior years. A reader made the following comment which I thought was a really great idea:
I have a suggestion for fellow parents. If your child is learning a foreign language in school, join in. Invest a little money in a textbook and a dictionary and learn right along with your child. Obviously, this approach works best if your child is just starting. My son will be starting to learn German next fall (or at least that was his first choice for a foreign language). I'm going to study right along with him.
Simply a great idea! You learn something new (and maybe useful), help keep your mind sharp, and enjoy doing it with your son/daughter.
What other ideas are out there for keeping minds and bodies active? Please share your thoughts below.
Teach in your local communities. Volunteer yourself and your dog to do therapy work at hospitals and senior centers.
Posted by: Laine | March 31, 2006 at 03:14 PM