Reflection Of The Sandwich Generation

It is a known fact that people are living longer today and with older age comes many obstacles for which the elderly overcome. Such obstacles as; physical changes, mental changes, changes in income, friends, family, and at times their way of life. As the baby boomers are getting older, some find that their social life has declined because most of their friends have died. Moreover, some of the boomers are maintaining their lifestyles as though nothing has changed, while others are in the midst of significant changes in their lifestyles and their way of life. The purpose of this discussion board is to compare and contrast two social theories about aging and how it relates to the role of the caregiver. Furthermore, I will discuss the one new

Later middle-age parent may have less time for their children since they might struggle with their own aging parents and career responsibilities. Later middle-age parenthood can be financially more stressful since their children may still be financially dependent on them. Another duty will be finding a balance to stay in touch with their child and other priorities of their life like their career. Even married children may not be able to improve their parent's lives by presenting new family members (in-laws, grandchildren).

The purpose of this news article was to bring light to a topic that adults and non-millennials probably would not comprehend and or understand otherwise about the current generation and what they gravitate towards. Examples of this could be an elderly parent or grandparent wondering why their child/grandchild loves social media so much or a young person being curious of which app they use the most. The article is mostly focused around college and high school students. The research study further goes on to explain why this trend is happening through questions, graphs, and exact numbers. It goes on

The final stage is the “family in later life”. During this stage, individuals must accept the shifting of generational roles, as they become the grandparents. They must be able to let go of some power to their offspring as they find their new place in the family system. Dealing with this change while facing potential decline in health, financial security, and loss of spouse can be stressful. Grandparenthood can be a reward substitute (Carter & McGoldrick, 1988, p. 20).

Women for years have been automatically given the role of the domestic housewife, where their only job is to cook, clean, and take care of the children. Men have usually taken the primary responsibility for economic support and contact with the rest of society, while women have traditionally taken the role of providing love, nurturing, emotional support, and maintenance of the home. However, in today’s society women over the age of sixteen work outside of the home, and there are more single parent households that are headed by women than at any other time in the history of the United States (Thompson 301.)

As boundaries are pushed, the standards of what it means to be an adult are changing. One factor that is keeping our young adults from becoming functioning members of society is their lack of independence. In Eve Tushnet’s “You Can Go Home Again,” a 2008 study showed that out of those who have returned home or those who never left the nest, “few contributed financially to the household or [do] chores”(par. 5). If the leaders of our future generations refuse to contribute to their homes, what can they contribute to the betterment of our society? There is a growing stigma around adults who live with their parents yet these consequences are not proving any prevention, and those who ignore the reputation are being described as having “failed to launch,” (par. 4). The numbers of those adults are steadily rising. As less emphasis is placed upon the value of responsibilities, adults feel that they are given the excuse to move back home after college or at least find a way to depend upon their parents again. An article by Karen L. Fingerman and Frank F. Furstenberg entitled "You Can Go Home Again," argues for a recent study depicting that almost 70 percent of parents still provide some type of “practical assistance” to their children every month. This specific reliance teaches adolescents that they will never have to work to their maximum potential as their parents will never truly stop cleaning up their mess. While it must be considered that higher satisfaction and clearer life goals have been reported amongst those receiving assistance (par. 3), this gives leeway to indolence and overdependence, essentially teaching our children that effort is not necessary so long as you are

Howe, Neil, and William Strauss. Millennials Rising: the Next Great Generation. New York: Vintage, 2000.

The target population for this article was young adults or the “millennials.” An Expert reported to Time Magazine that the millennials are those individuals between the ages of eighteen to thirty-three. He believes that they are growing up at a tough time, a time where the economy fell apart as this age group was ending their college educations (Sifferlin, 2013). It was also mentioned that this population especially was sheltered in several ways with a lot of high expectations from fellow members of society. Based on those variables the levels of stress experienced by this population are tremendous (Sifferlin, 2013). Even though a drop of stress levels

David Kopec Application Activities #1, Sandwich Generation, G. 9/22/17 The Sandwich Generation After reading the article “The Sandwich Generation: Who is Caring for you?” by Ruth Tarantine I have learned what the “Sandwich Generation” is and how to assist individuals in this generation. The “Sandwich Generation” was originally used to describe baby boomers that were women in their 30s and 40s who cared for their parents and their own children.

Reaching old age is a true fact of life, and for many baby boomers is nothing but an immediate reality. Technological advances and scientific applications to the everyday life have flooded the market in the last two decades with a vast array of new products and electronic gadgets for the general consumer. However, for the quite vast majority of aging boomers, the attainability of more essential living things has become of more relevance in their life now more than ever. One very important element many aging individuals struggle with is trying to retain their independence, and that is in the sense of remaining self sufficient and self reliant to be able to care for themselves accordingly with dignity. Whether living alone or growing together

The Millennials: This generation grew up in an era with many technological advances, along with the creation of new social networking sites; therefore,

“The vast majority of 18- to 29-year-olds polled — 84 percent — said adult children have a responsibility to provide financial assistance to an elderly parent if he or she needs it (Winerip).” This data just shows that the Millennials do realize that they owe the older generations for their success and that they aren’t against them. From the research done and the articles read, it can be shown that these two generations can work together if they both put their stubbornness aside to help the rising generation.

Take your hands and twist the off the peanut butter lid in a counterclockwise motion using force as necessary in order to remove the lid to the peanut butter from it’s original secured pattern. Take this lid and throw it to the side of the peanut butter jar. If there is any safety plastic material take your hand and peel off this plastic material until it has come off so that you can access the peanut butter inside of the jar. All material at this point that is not edible nor part of the actual jar can be discarded to the side of the jar.

In many families in our society today, the parents are a part of the sandwich generation and now are raising kids that are growing up to take part in the boomerang generation. The sandwich generation makes up of people who are in their thirties or forties that are trying to raise their own children while looking after their elderly parents. On the other hand, the boomerang generation consists of young adults who graduate high school and college to only come back and live with their parent and rely on their support. As a result of this, there comes many challenges for both the parents and the child since the sandwich generation is stuck in the conflicting nature of taking care of their elderly parents while providing for their children by meeting their needs of emotional love and providing tangible needs. However, many realize that their kids are entering into adulthood and now these parents face the challenge of pushing their children to be independent and take on responsibility while trying to secure a stable retirement.

Begins with first child leaving home, continues until all kids left, ends with retirement. Middle generation take on a more active role in the family. The elderly generation are faced with major challenges of retirement, widowhood, becoming grandparents, loss of independence. Elderly couples are more martially then parentally oriented as they spend more time with one another and less time being responsible for children. With adequate leisure time, income, good health – the couple can enjoy each other as much as the honeymoon phase. Illness and pending degeneration due to age – cause depression; middle generation left to decide if parent can still care for themselves; financial burden