{"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":"2026-02-12T14:45:36","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T19:45:36","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":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;section&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;row&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.5&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<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<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_button button_url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.phoenix.edu\/career-institute\/sandwich-generation.html&#8221; url_new_window=&#8221;on&#8221; button_text=&#8221;Read the report &#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.5&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_button][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\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,"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","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 v27.7 - 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