Would you choose an intergenerational day care center over a traditional one?

Intergenerational day care centers pair senior citizens in retirement homes with children in day care centers. They're monitored by care takers as usual and include activities to keep the two groups active. Pairing children with seniors has shown benefits for both.

Children benefit from spending time with the elderly because it improves anxiety levels, self-esteem, and social development.

Seniors benefit from spending time with children because it helps slow mental and physical decline and prevents loneliness, which has been said to be just as deadly as smoking 15 cigarettes a day.

Over 500 day care centers in the US have intergenerational activities. If this trend continues to grow and was easily accessible to you, would you prefer to enroll your child in a day care with intergenerational activities over a traditional day care?

For those of you who care for the elderly or have an elderly family member in a retirement home, would you prefer their retirement home have intergenerational activities?