BY DEBBIE SWARTZ •DSWARTZ@GANNETT.COM • MAY 8, 2010, 8:35 PM
While they've always been known for making boo-boos better with a kiss, tucking tired children into their beds at night and staying up until the wee hours to bake cupcakes for a party at school, many mothers are finding themselves with another labor of love; caring for their ill or elderly mothers.
For moms like Roxanne St. Ives of Port Crane, taking care of her two children, Thomas, 14, and Penny 12, along with her mother Lucille, is a conscious choice to keep her family together.
"I know she's not being watched by a stranger," St. Ives said. "Plus, she gets to watch the children grow."
Kathee Shaff of Lansing, Joan Mandell of Elmira and dozens of other women across Central New York and the Southern Tier have made similar decisions.
Known as the Sandwich Generation, more and more individuals -- nearly 20 million according to published statistics -- are finding themselves taking care of their children as well as their parents.
The requirements for the job of taking care of ones' children and their ailing mother can be daunting: Superb time management and listening skills, basic first aid training -- and in some cases nursing training -- the ability to feed hungry bellies, administer medication, help with homework, chauffer to appointments, and somehow try find time for their own needs. Continue reading athttp://www.pressconnects.com/article/20100508/NEWS01/5080388/1112/NEWS01/Moms-in-the-middle-Sandwich-Generation-mothers-manage-life-on-overload
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