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
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