“You’re spending more time with your little baby than your big baby.” That was my 98-year-old mom’s complaint this week, after I’d spent a long weekend with my 9-month-old granddaughter.
We’ve heard all about the “sandwich generation,” those middle-aged people — primarily women — stretched thin between taking care of parents and kids. But more and more of us are dealing with what I’ll call the “Club Sandwich Generation, Panini Style.” The extra layer of bread represents a four-generation family.
With life spans increasing (minus a situational dip from COVID-19), it’s not uncommon for many of us who are ourselves collecting Social Security and filing Medicare claims to also be ping-ponging between eldercare and childcare.