Sandwhich Generation

Caring for aging parent and kids at the same time.

Around the age of 30 - 60

May have to use all the money on family

Financially support parents and kids.

work more to earn more money to support family.

Providing for both parents and kids is costly.

Grandparents

Spent time with kids and grandkids

Share historical events.

help kids raise grand-kids.

Guide their kids.

Parents

Spent time with both parents and kids

Learn things from parents

Parents can help raise kids

Feel the love of parents and watch happiness of kids.

Children

Spent time with grandparents and parent

Earn love from both parents and grandparents

Learn about ancestry and grow up healthily

Understand the significance of old people.

May not witness parental conflicts

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Cares for both parents and child with love.

Supports financially, socially, physically and etc

Busy most of the time

Less time spent to fulfill one's own recreational needs.

Must provide assistance whenever child or parents needs it.

Drown in severe stress

Spent enough money and time in work and support family.

Treating parent as their child and providing for them like they do for their child. Ex. Buying medicine, helping old parent move around, tucking them in to bed and etc.

Parents are are old and depend on their middle aged kids

This system is seen in many countries and cultures and continues to go down as the child grows and become middle aged.