Overheard

There was a time when we as a society were not so generation-conscious. We intermingled with people of other age groups. Invitations regularly had a “PS, Bring the kids” tacked on the end. Grandparents were at the gatherings too, and if they were on the sidelines, it was by choice. In the farmlands of Iowa back in the 1930s, ’40s and ’50s no one was left out of the fun. The yo...