Tag: intergenerational friendship

In the Media – In the Media – Younger, a TV show about intergenerational friendships (Yahoo Style)

Published: April 9, 2015 | Last Updated: May 5, 2022 By | 1 Reply Continue Reading
In the Media – In the Media – Younger, a TV show about intergenerational friendships (Yahoo Style)

Younger, a new TV comedy on TVLand, explores the possibilities of intergenerational friendships.

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In the Media: On the importance of intergenerational friendship (AllParenting.com)

Published: June 4, 2014 | Last Updated: June 4, 2014 By | Reply Continue Reading
In the Media: On the importance of intergenerational friendship (AllParenting.com)

Writer Sherri Kuhn writes about the importance of intergenerational friendships.

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The etiquette of remaining friends with an ex-friend’s mom

Published: February 2, 2011 | Last Updated: February 2, 2011 By | 2 Replies Continue Reading

QUESTION Dear Irene, I’ve been dealing with a painful friendship break-up but I’m actually happier now without my ex-friend. It was more of a one-sided friendship where I was always initiating get-togethers that rarely happened.   I thought I’d moved on until she bumped into me on the street and said, "Hello, how are you?" […]

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Taking a gamble on a friendship

Published: October 19, 2010 | Last Updated: October 19, 2010 By | 2 Replies Continue Reading

QUESTION Hi Irene, I am a 52-year-old woman who had a very close friendship with a young girl in her late 20s whom I worked with for about two years. We met at our training class and continued once out on the floor.   I’m a young minded person and get along with mostly every […]

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Out of the Shadows: A Q & A with Novelist Joanne Rendell

Published: September 7, 2010 | Last Updated: April 30, 2023 By | 1 Reply Continue Reading

Out of the Shadows (NAL Trade, 2010) is my friend and colleague Joanne Rendell’s third novel. Each of her books is beautifully written; their stories are rich and engaging and all touch upon some aspect of friendship. In this most recent book, Clara Fitzgerald is the protagonist whose recent losses have set her adrift, personally […]

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On losing a best friend – Friendship Day, August 2, 2009

Published: August 2, 2009 | Last Updated: August 13, 2009 By | 11 Replies Continue Reading

The connection between two friends is often indescribable. It just feels right whenever you are together. When I met Rita, I was an eleven-year-old awkward adolescent.  She was a poised, charming and strikingly attractive kindergarten teacher who chose me as the fifth-grade “monitor” to make sure that all the kids in her class stood in […]

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Intergenerational friendships: The special joys of friendships at different ages and stages

Published: July 6, 2007 | Last Updated: February 26, 2015 By | 2 Replies Continue Reading

You may have caught the Today Show segment on intergenerational friendships. “Among good friends, age disappears,” commented Meredith Viera.

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