If you are in your thirties and you have both kids and aging parents, you are already in this category whether you know it or not.

We sit down with Samantha Vient, a certified financial planner at Ellevest with over 18 years of experience to talk about the sandwich generation. The growing number of women who are simultaneously raising children and caring for aging parents, and what that means for your finances, your career, your relationships, and your mental load.

Samantha gives us real scripts for starting the conversation with your parents, even the super independent ones who will absolutely not want to have it. She walks us through the documents you need to have access to before an emergency happens. And she talks honestly about how to weigh your kids’ future against your parents’ care without drowning in guilt.

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