{"id":6755,"date":"2013-02-04T09:00:44","date_gmt":"2013-02-04T09:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/preferhome.com\/support-parents-and-children\/"},"modified":"2013-02-04T09:00:44","modified_gmt":"2013-02-04T09:00:44","slug":"support-parents-and-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/preferhome.com\/locations\/blog\/support-parents-and-children\/","title":{"rendered":"News Break: More People Supporting Both Parents and Children"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The sandwich generation is booming. Whether that&#8217;s good or bad\u2014well, it depends on how you look at it.<\/p>\n<p>In 2012, about 15 percent of Americans in their 40s and 50s found themselves sandwiched between providing financial support to aging parents and to children (grown or not), according to <em>USA Today<\/em>, reporting on a Pew survey. &#8220;That&#8217;s up from 12% in 2005,&#8221; the newspaper says.<\/p>\n<p>Supporting multiple people can certainly bring stress and challenges. But not everything about this predicament is bad, Kim Parker, a co-author of the report, told the newspaper.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;The middle-aged adults who are supporting their grown children financially report that they have stronger emotional ties with those children.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Members of the sandwich generation report feeling closer to their children than to their parents, Parker adds. &#8220;Generations relying on each other may create stronger ties.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Have you found that to be true?<\/p>\n<p>If you could use a little financial help to support your aging parents, <a href=\"https:\/\/preferhome.com\/locations\/senior-resources\/common-senior-concerns\/\">click here<\/a> to read about some charities that might do the trick. <strong>Soon, we&#8217;ll publish an article about where to find free respite care and other services.<\/strong> For notification when that&#8217;s published, just subscribe to this blog in the form below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The sandwich generation is booming. 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