Abstract
This paper recognizes the intergenerational conflicts that can emerge as older and younger persons compete for scarce resources. It then proposes that intergenerational relationships can not only promote intergenerational solidarity but also they may mitigate against five beliefs or “dangerous ideas” proposed by Roy and Judith Eidelson that lead to global violence and conflict: superiority, injustice, vulnerability, distrust, and helplessness. A rationale for how intergenerational relationships provide the individual, developmental grounding for shaping empowering beliefs and resultant positive and productive actions is offered. Specific ways these beliefs counter the formation of dangerous ideas are described. In that creating “global citizens” is an ultimate goal, examples from around the world of creative ways younger and older persons have collaborated to address serious social problems end the piece.
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