It was three Olympic dedications addressed to grandparents, immediately addressed to them, without having to think about it because families are always behind a champion and in Italy there are above all grandparents. Mirko Zanni, bronze in weightlifting, e Vito Dell’Aquila, gold in taekwondo, have dedicated the medal to grandparents who are no longer there.
Odette Giuffrida, bronze in judo, did the same: “When I was tired, disheartened, that I couldn’t take it anymore, I thought of my grandmother who was a sun, always positive, she left in 2011 and I brought her rosary with me, as I had done in Rio.
And thanks also to my grandfather who is still here and who, instead of putting pressure on me before I left, said to me: don’t worry, it doesn’t matter what color the medal will be because I’ll paint it gold ».
It’s not just a question of affection and support, it is a question of dedicated time, of presence. Istat data tell of a fundamental presence in the management of Italian families. Grandparents replace welfare and also bring Olympic medals: they accompany their grandchildren to training and believe in them.
The data State of 2016 says that the Italian grandparents are 12 million 472 thousand. They are older than in the past, but with fewer grandchildren to follow and with pensions that contribute to the economic management of the family. One in three grandparents helps the budget. Also counting that they accompany them to school, to the pool, to music lessons, to the dentist or who stay at home with the little ones and that this is a saving.
In Italy 86% of children and young people (up to 13 years) are cared for by grandparents again according to the data of the National Institute of Statistics. The Italians in their twenties at the Olympics showed us that young people remember this and know the value of grandparents.
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