The Week contest: Parent matchmakers

This week’s question: With a third of Japanese people under 50 saying they’ve never dated, elders desperate for grandkids are now attending matchmaking sessions with other parents to arrange dates for adult offspring. If a tech firm were to create a dating app that seniors can use to pair off their singleton children, what should it be called?

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RESULTS: 

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THE WINNER: eProgeny

Don Weinberg, Bonita Springs, Florida 

SECOND PLACE: SENIOR PROMpt

Michael Broad, Lakewood, California 

THIRD PLACE: Instagrammy

John Parry, Eldersburg, Maryland   

HONORABLE MENTIONS:

Tindergarten

Trish Studer, Massillon, Ohio

Planned Grandparenthood

Laurel Rose, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 

Here’s Hooking Up You, Kid

Jesse Rifkin, Arlington, Virginia 

My Free Sons

C. A. Papapietro, Port Jefferson, New York

Kinder

Roger Lewis, Burlington, Vermont 

Rent-a-Yenta

Mike Reiss, New York City, New York  

Grann-eHarmony

Janine Witte, Doylestown, Pennsylvania 

Play Dates

Bill Levine, Belmont, Massachusetts 

EmptyMyNest

Skip Flanagan, Roseville, California

HeirPressure

Jeff Jerome, Northampton, Massachusetts 

Nonna’s Ark

Mark Grayson, Fairfield, Connecticut