Israel's sandwich-generation kids are getting squashed under pressure - opinion

The "sandwich generation" is a rapidly-growing group of people that are "sandwiched" between taking care of family members and trying to hold a job.

THOSE IN the sandwich generation are like a falafel ball squeezed into a pita – struggling to keep it all together.

THOSE IN the sandwich generation are like a falafel ball squeezed into a pita – struggling to keep it all together.

(photo credit: B'LEV SHALEM)

BySHARON BETH-HALACHMY

AUGUST 30, 2022 04:40

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