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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Question: [b]why is it called the sandwich "generation"? Doesn't every generation have to deal with both kids and aging parents at some point?[/quote][/b] No. my generation is unique in that professional women put off having children until much later in life than is culturally normal, historically in the U.S., and worldwide. So if you are having children in your late 30s and early 40s, as I did, that means that you will, at age 60 be dealing with 1) children in college, tuition expenses, cars, etc., 2) your elderly parents (mine are almost 90) and 3) worrying about your own retirement, all at once - hence the term "sandwich generation" because we are sandwiched in by competing emotional and financial needs.[/quote] Again, you and a generation as a whole do not necessarily follow the same path. The majority of men in the U.S. are not college-educated and do not delay having children.[/quote]
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