We give kindergartners small chairs because kindergarteners are small people, and we don’t ask them to sit in a chair designed for an 18-year-old high school senior about to graduate.

We anticipate growth as children age, and we give them progressively bigger chairs as their situations change. We use design thinking to provide not just a chair, but a comfortable place to sit.

We know that 20 is not 40 is not 60 is not 80, just as kindergarten bodies are not senior student bodies.

So why do we keep expecting everyone to use the same chair?

In homes and communities, in schools and hospitals, at work and in parks—we can do better.

As you grow up and grow older, would you rather have a chair, or a comfortable place to sit?