The “Sandwich Generation” Are Who We Need To Be Helping Out

People raising kids + dealing with elderly parents, simultaneously. There are 80 million such people in the U.S. alone.

If you are unfamiliar with the term “Sandwich Generation” and cannot figure it out via context clues, here is a good article describing the basics:

The dual challenge of the "sandwich generation": Raising children while caring for aging parents

Essentially, you are “sandwiched” between “I have younger kids” and “My parents are becoming older and need help.” This applies to about 80 million people in the U.S., and the idea of a “Sandwich Generation” is only scaling, because people do get married + have kids later, for various reasons.

The number one quote in that article above would be this:

“At a certain point, your parents become like kids,” Ling said.

Indeed.

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