Mark1 and PT: I know all three of us can relate to Evelyn Volk. In this photo taken Dec. 22, 2011, Evelyn Volk, 52, looks at a checklist of chores to do at her home in the Woodland Hills section of Los Angeles. The sun was barely up when Volk, dressed in a bathrobe with toothbrush in hand, tossed a pile of clothes into the washing machine, the first of several loads of the day. She glanced at the wall clock that was deliberately set 10 minutes fast. Time to rustle her two teenage kids out of bed and check on her elderly mother, who suffers from dementia and remained fast asleep. These bookend family responsibilities land Volk squarely in the “sandwich generation”, pressed between dual roles of supporting aging parents while rearing children. ((AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)) View high resolution

Mark1 and PT: I know all three of us can relate to Evelyn Volk.

In this photo taken Dec. 22, 2011, Evelyn Volk, 52, looks at a checklist of chores to do at her home in the Woodland Hills section of Los Angeles. The sun was barely up when Volk, dressed in a bathrobe with toothbrush in hand, tossed a pile of clothes into the washing machine, the first of several loads of the day. She glanced at the wall clock that was deliberately set 10 minutes fast. Time to rustle her two teenage kids out of bed and check on her elderly mother, who suffers from dementia and remained fast asleep. These bookend family responsibilities land Volk squarely in the “sandwich generation”, pressed between dual roles of supporting aging parents while rearing children. ((AP Photo/Jae C. Hong))

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