Today people often look forward to their middle age as a time when they will be able to take things easier. After their children are grown, they expect to enjoy the life they have worked hard to create. However the reality is often very different. In middle age, many people discover that they have two ongoing responsibilities: one is to look after their aging parents, and the other is to help their young adult children deal with the pressures of life. Around the world, there are millions of people who are 'sandwiched" in between the older and the younger generations. Sometimes there may be two or three generations living in the same household. --a situation that is common in many Asian countries and in some parts of Europe. In other cases, a couple may be taking care of parents and children, but they do not live with them.
2 There are two important reasons for the rise of the sandwich generation. First, peopl are living longer than they used to. In the early nineteenth century, the average life