Amy Goyer

Amy Goyer, AARP caregiving expert, joins Faith Hill, an Atlantic writer on families, and Alyssa Quart, a journalist covering economic hardship. They dig into the sandwich generation, emotional whiplash, invisible labor, and secondhand stress. They also explore longer lifespans, pricey child care, shrinking family networks, and the financial strain of caring for kids and parents at once.

Amy Goyer, AARP caregiving expert with decades of practical experience, and Alyssa Quart, journalist and caregiver who covered caring for a sick parent while raising a child. They discuss the squeeze of caring for kids and aging parents, systemic barriers to care, multigenerational family dynamics, secondhand stress and burnout, practical self-care and delegation, and where policy changes could help.