Purpose: to analyze the impact that intergenerational dialogic activities can have on the perception that children and adolescents have with respect to elderly and vice versa. Methods: the participants were twelve elderly and twenty-one children and adolescents interested in developing intergenerational dialogic activities. For eight months, they attended weekly joint activities organized around oral dialogical activities of reading and writing, involving the relationship among generations. At the end of this period, semi-structured interviews were carried out with subjects to verify the activities impact on them. Results: responses were organized and interpreted in accordance with the methodological proposal of Content Analysis, resulting in the formulation of seven categories. These categories showed a less discriminatory view of the participants, facing the opposite generation. Conclusion: in regard to the elderly, the activities provided remembrance of the past and a reframe of the present, expanding self perception, and strengthening the intergenerational ties. Children and adolescents, in turn, recognized the need to overcome negative stereotypes about old age and realized the learning opportunities that may arise through the interaction with the elderly.
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