(BPT) - It’s not always a good thing to be the middle. For the children of baby boomers, the middle can be a financially stressful place.
Often called the sandwich generation, children of baby boomers tend to be financially strapped funding their children’s college educations, their own retirements and their parent’s lifestyles at an age when health care costs can increase dramatically.
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