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The sandwich generation

May 18, 2026

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You’re helping your teenager study for the SAT, coordinating your mother’s next cardiology appointment and trying to figure out whether your father’s memory lapses are something to worry about, all before 9 a.m. If this sounds familiar, you’re likely part of what researchers call the “sandwich generation”: adults squeezed between the simultaneous demands of raising children and caring for aging parents.

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