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September Transitions
It’s September and another school year – for me personally, it means an exciting combination of fresh beginnings. A grandson just started high school, two nephews are now freshmen in college, a great-nephew has begun kindergarten, and I am teaching a new set of first year medical students. Are you too finding yourself in the middle of stimulating transformations? Some parents are dropping off their kids on campus and others are accepting them back home four years later as boomerangs, given the still sagging economy. If you’ve got a revolving … Continue reading
Supporting Grown Kids
Parenting today seems to be a lot more complicated than it was in the past. Do you home school, look for a charter or send your youngsters to public school? How do you protect your teens from bullies, substance abuse and on-line sexual predators? Where do you draw the line between supporting your college-age kids and being a helicopter parent? And now there’s a new set of decisions for parents of adult children – do you pay for their digital expenses even after they’re working and on their own? A … Continue reading
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Tagged : bully, " adult children, budget, cellphone, digital, expenses, helicopter parent, Internet, kids, online, parenting, social media, streaming, teens
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The Sandwich Generation and the State of the Union
Comments that have been logged onto our blog clarify that while we, and others, use the term Sandwich Generation, we are not actually referring to a real generation but rather to a stage of life in which any generation is stressed by caring for growing children and aging parents at the same time. Yet the predicaments of the Sandwich Generation are even more relevant in today’s world. Between 40 and 50 million Americans are now acting as unpaid care-givers to their aging parents, with one-third of them still raising children. … Continue reading
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Tagged aging parent, anxiety, Boomerang kid, caregiver, child care, chronic illness, family, growing children, helicopter parent, President obama, recession, Sandwich Generation, State of the Union, stress
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When you look back over the blogs for this week, you can see that we have been focusing on strategies to help Sandwiched Boomers communicate effectively. Wondering why it is so difficult these days? Actually it’s not that surprising – everything is harder when you are stressed. And certainly as a member of the Sandwich Generation, ‘stress’ could be your middle name! So don’t neglect yourself as you continue to concentrate on caring for your loved ones. Have you had to give up expectations about what your life would be … Continue reading
