{"id":21294,"date":"2025-01-01T13:52:26","date_gmt":"2025-01-01T18:52:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/observatoireprocheaidance.ca\/?post_type=knowledge_directory&#038;p=21294"},"modified":"2026-07-09T11:50:23","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T15:50:23","slug":"moms-in-the-sandwich-generation","status":"publish","type":"knowledge_directory","link":"https:\/\/observatoireprocheaidance.ca\/en\/caregiving-knowledge-portal\/moms-in-the-sandwich-generation\/","title":{"rendered":"Moms in the Sandwich Generation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_0 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section preset--group--divi-section--divi-transition--default\"><div class=\"et_pb_row_0 et_pb_row et_block_row preset--group--divi-row--divi-transition--default\"><div class=\"et_pb_column_0 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough preset--group--divi-column--divi-transition--default\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_0 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module preset--group--divi-text--divi-transition--default\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.phoenix.edu\/career-institute\/sandwich-generation.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">report<\/span><\/b><\/a><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">(31 pages)\u00a0examines the\u00a0experience\u00a0of mothers\u00a0dealing with the complexity of being \u201csandwiched\u201d by dual\u00a0caregiving\u00a0responsibilities\u00a0\u2014\u00a0i.e.,\u00a0simultaneously supporting\u00a0both\u00a0children\u00a0and\u00a0one or more adult dependents\u00a0\u2014 while\u00a0holding down a job.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The statistics are from an online survey of 2,000\u00a0working moms\u00a0in the United States,\u00a01,000\u00a0of whom had\u00a0children\u00a0in their households,\u00a0and 1,000\u00a0who had\u00a0both children\u00a0and adult dependents\u00a0in their care.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_0_wrapper preset--group--divi-button--divi-transition--default_wrapper preset--module--divi-button--default_wrapper\"><a class=\"et_pb_button_0 et_pb_button et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module preset--group--divi-button--divi-transition--default preset--module--divi-button--default\" href=\"https:\/\/www.phoenix.edu\/career-institute\/sandwich-generation.html\" target=\"_blank\" data-icon=\"$\">Read the report <\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This report (31 pages) examines the experience of mothers dealing with the complexity of being \u201csandwiched\u201d by dual caregiving responsibilities \u2014 i.e., simultaneously supporting both children and one or more adult dependents \u2014 while holding down a job.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":21292,"parent":0,"template":"","format":[51,52],"meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"auteur":[],"organisme":[1112],"class_list":["post-21294","knowledge_directory","type-knowledge_directory","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","organisme-university-of-phoenix"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - 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