I have great respect for stay - at - home parents, and I think it's fine if journalists or chefs or lawyers choose to work part time or
quit their jobs altogether.
There are few research or intervention programs designed to identify and address the specific needs of sandwiched individuals like myself to help them cope better.2 We know that members of the sandwiched generation (who care for young children and aging parents) often face burnout in their marriages, 2 which is feeling emotionally, physically, and mentally exhausted about the relationship.3 One group of researchers found that sandwiched couples who withdraw socially (e.g., pull away from friends) tend to have the worst well - being compared to those who do not withdraw.4 Although sandwiched women typically reduce the their work hours (or
quit their jobs altogether) more than men in order to cope with stress, 5 I have never had that luxury due to always being the sole breadwinner.
Not exact matches
Working daughters often find they need to switch to a less demanding
job, take time off, or
quit work
altogether in order to make time for their caregiving duties.
I
quit science
altogether and followed my spouse to her new
job.
Many students
quit altogether and get a menial
job in a shop or restaurant.
Trouble is, if she
quits altogether she may find that low - paying
jobs aren't quite the low - stress, relaxing paradise that she expects.
In the late»80s, he
quit the art world
altogether and spent a year in Zimbabwe, where his sister, Lisa, was directing AIDS - education efforts, before returning to New York and taking a
job with the Census Bureau.