Article: From the Age of Aquarius to the Age of Responsibility
As they advance toward the threshold of old age, the nation’s 75 million baby boomers are in an extended “sandwich” phase of their family life cycle, with many either raising minor children or providing financial and other forms of support to adult children or to aging parents.
In the past year, 50% of all boomers were raising one or more young children and/or providing primary financial support to one or more adult children.
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