Summary Of The Sandwich Generation By Kim Parker

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While reading "The Sandwich Generation: Rising Financial Burdens for Middle-Aged Americans" by Kim Parker I found it interesting how she not only compared the financial stress of being in this generation, but also the emotional support that is needed in this situation as well. The financial aspect I found it interesting how 41 percent of sandwich generation say they live comfortable. I expected it to be less since having two support three generations in the house hold. In all the cases though it states a sandwich generation member that has a parent of 65 and at least one child over 18. This makes me think of all the sandwich generations that have more than one child over 18 plus younger ones. I think I dwell on this point so much is because