Text 4 [A] Healing power from the young. [B] A harmful practice out of human weakness. [C] Who should take the burden of looking after our old people [D] A cure to loneliness found in kids. [E] Comfort typical of a multigenerational family. [F] Benefit of extended age groups. Until late in 20th century, most Americans spent time with people of all generations. Now baby boomers may not have much contact with old people until they’re relatively old themselves. ______ That’s because we group people by age. We put our three-year-olds together in day-care centers, our 13-year-olds in schools and sports activities, and our 80-year-olds in senior-citizen homes. Why We segregate the old for many reasons: prejudice, ignorance, a lack of good alternatives. Younger people sometimes avoid the old to evade fears of aging and dying. Death is easier to bear in the abstract. It’s much harder to watch someone we love fade before our eyes. Sometimes it’s so hard that we stay away from the people who need us the most.