The sandwich generation is the generation of middle-aged (usually in their 30s or 40s) individuals who are supporting both their aging parents and their own growing children. The sandwich generation is named so because they are effectively "sandwiched" between the obligation to care for their aging parents - who may be ill, unable to perform various tasks or in need of financial support - and children, who require financial, physical and emotional support. The individuals in the sandwich generation caught between the often conflicting demands of caring for children and caring for
