Coddling old people makes old people older
Driving down the highway the other day, we came upon a car going much too slowly for the traffic. There were some gray-haired people in the back seat, but I couldn't tell if this was a whole car full of seniors or what. Upon passing I realized there were two much younger people in the front seat - the kids perhaps? They were driving the old folks like they were old folks. I think, when we treat people past a certain age like they're fragile, it just makes them more so. So don't do that.