A father in the sandwich generation seeks balance between caring for an aging parent and young child. Tips included!
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Caring for Aging Parents While Still Parenting a Challenge
You must exercise a different patience with aging parents than you do with your kids. It requires a special grace you must find deep inside.
New Generation Deserves More Than Your ‘Weak’ Putdowns
A dad challenges the notion that a new generation is always softer than the previous one, and that the good ol’ days were always better.
Role Model for Parents, Kids, Desperately Needed Now
What is the hardest part of parenting? Sometimes, it’s the pressure to be as good a role model as possible — in all situations.
Vaccines for Older Adults Crucial to Keeping Grandparents Healthier
As we and our parents age, we need to pay more attention to what vaccines older adults need to help stay healthy.
Ghost Stories of Christmas? The Haunting Death of My Mother
It started when I was 6. My dad interrupted Christmas to tell me THAT MY FRIGGIN’ GRANDMOTHER WAS DEAD. And the ghost stories begin.