OutreachNC asked school-aged children and adults over 40 the same question to find out their thoughts about life and getting older.
Here are their responses:
How do grandparents exercise?
“They run on the beach. Or maybe they have one of those silver things they push around (a walker) and so they have to walk on the beach. Or I don’t know maybe you can’t use those things on the beach, but I think grandparents like to exercise on the beach.” – Dawson, 8, Farmlife School
“Well, old people can’t exercise because their back gets sore sometimes when they exercise.” – Skye, 6, Sandhills Theatre Arts Renaissance School (STARS)
“Swimming, but they’re not really good at it.” – Brooklynn, 5, STARS
“They swim so they can lose fatness.” – Brody, 6, STARS
“Carefully.” – Jack, 10, STARS
“They exercise in an elevator and a treadmill. And maybe in an exercising pool where they can relax or exercise if they like.” – Eamon, 8, Academy of Moore County
How do you exercise?
“After my ankle replacement last year, I can’t go rock climbing anymore. I hike and golf every week and still have my yearly hiking trip with my children and grandchildren.” – Jerry, 84
“I meet my girlfriends each morning, and we walk for an hour. I’m too busy to do much more than that. My father walked two miles every day and gardened until he was 99.” – Sally, 82
“My wife and I golf.” – John, 65
“I walk everywhere. Stairs are tricky, but I walk any chance I get.” – Pat, 76
“I’m 90! I don’t!” – Nan, 90
“Chair exercises and tossing the ball.” – Joyce, 91
“Swimming. I did my first swimming competition last year.” – Bill, 78