The sandwich years: when your kids need friends and your parents need parenting

Such is life in the sandwich years, a time of life which may begin before age forty and linger for years. Dennis and Ruth Gibson recognize that no two family situations are alike. A parent may die suddenly or after a long illness. Long-unresolved conflicts come out. Children reach adulthood with varying degrees of trauma.The Sandwich Years gives practical ideas of how intergenerational reconciliation can happen. The Gibsons write primarily of experiences with their own children and parents, describing issues that must be faced during the sandwich years. Their journal-style approach tells what happened and presents lessons they learned about forbearance, trust, love, and commitment.