HDFS 312 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Sandwich Generation, Soi

• School: CSU
• Department: Human Development and Family Studies
• Course: HDFS 312
• Professor: Agnieszka Z Burzynska

Document Summary

First child , raising children finances multiple demands. , work - life balance depends on available support systems marriage at midlife. Satisfaction tends to increase with empty nest rediscover each other some have grown apart , emotional disconnection if dissatisfaction , has been developing over an extended time. T late - life divorces in recent. Adult children leaving home or returning parental caregiving. economic of value for older family members billion per year majority is done by adult daughters caregiving stress 4 potential burnout. Older couples high levels of satisfaction handled many learned to stay in a stressful events comfort zone ( gottman dy. Don"t display as much negative emotion less confrontation developed ways to avoid conflict more alike grown more egalitarian household chores caregiving challenge of chance one will develop health issue can be long term causes physical dy emotional. C current t) risk factors : infidelity . incompatibility , drinking or drug use.