HEALTH - Carers who look after parents and children suffer decline in health

Caring for ageing parents and children at the same time takes a ‘significant’ toll on health, a study has found.

Being a ‘sandwich carer’ with both older and younger dependents causes a decline in mental and physical well- being, according to research by University College London.

An estimated 1.3million people in the UK juggle the responsibilities of caring for older relatives while raising children under 16 years old, with numbers rising as people live longer.

Researchers analysed the health of 2,000 sandwich carers and 2,000 other adults from the UK Household Longitudinal Study between 2009 and 2020.

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YOUR MARRIAGE

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FINANCE AND INVESTING TIPS FOR THE SANDWICH GENERATION

Managing finances for the Sandwich Generation

About a quarter of Americans are part of the sandwich generation, a group of adults who are financially supporting their children while also helping their aging parents with finances and health issues. Men and women are equally stepping into this role, usually while in their 30s and 40s, according to a 2023 New York Life survey.

Though caregiving can be a positive experience, nearly half of those survey respondents say it has impacted their personal finances. Many report contributing less (or nothing) to their retirement and emergency savings, taking on more debt, or cutting back on expenses while juggling care for their parents and kids.

But undermining your own financial security can lead to more problems, said Cameron Huddleston, a journalist and author of “Mom and Dad, We Need to Talk,” a book that helps adults communicate with their aging parents about finances.
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YOUR KIDS

Benefits of forming a strong bond with your kids

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) – It’s Parenting Connection Tuesday and 6 News is here for you with tips, strategies, and helpful reminders from child development experts on how we can be better parents and guardians.

Today’s topic: Benefits of forming a strong bond with your kids

Over the next few weeks, we’ll discuss things learned from a group of Michigan State University students, studying child development. The first deals with a form of attachment theory, involving bonds that parents must create and form early on in a child’s life.

Pendo Galukande, a spartan doctoral student in MSU’s human development and family studies department says these invisible bonds that connect families – are the biggest protective factor a parent and their children can have. Galukande says a strong parental connection helps a child when they face bullying, developmental or learning difficulties, or even when they are exposed to distressing issues they hear about or see on television.

“If we feel closely connected with another person, that protects us from whatever difficulty or harshness
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CARING FOR PARENTS

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We, as parents, want to keep taking care of & educating our kids, even after they’re grown up. We have spent years nurturing them after all – & it’s hard to let go. And when they are older, some of the things we hope for just aren’t going to work out anymore. Letting go of them can actually help strengthen your relationship & give them the freedom to build their own lives.

In this list, I will share 10 such things you should stop expecting from your adult children.

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YOUR JOB
'Good Career Move': These 10 Jobs Will Most Likely Get Raises This Year

Resume Genius released its 2025 Wage Growth Report this week identifying jobs that can expect to receive pay increases in the coming year. The career site's researchers used three years of wage data (2021-2023) from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics database to formulate the report.

Related: These Are the 10 Highest-Paying Jobs With the Lowest Stress, According to a New Report

The jobs on this list range in salary from $41,000 to $449,320, and the raises professionals in these roles could get this year ranged from $2,380 to $86,350.

The positions also varied considerably, from dentists to personal finance advisors.

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