Fifty is the gateway to the most liberating passage in a woman’s life. Children are making test flights out of the nest. Parents are expected to be roaming in their recreational vehicles or sending postcards of themselves riding camels. Free at last! Women can graduate from the precarious balancing act between parenting and pursuit of a career. That has been the message of my books since I wrote New Passages 15 years ago. What I didn’t see coming was the boomerang.
With parents living routinely into their 90s, a second round of caregiving has become a predictable crisis for women in midlife. Nearly 50 million Americans are taking care of an adult who used to be independent. Yes, men represent about one third of family caregivers, but their participation is often at a distance and administrative. Women do most of the hands-on care.
It starts with the call. It’s a call about a fall. Your morn has had a stroke. Or it’s a call about your dad&md
A. husbands and wives giving different care to their weak parents
B. women in their fifties taking all responsibilities for their families
C. the elderly becoming dependent on their middle-aged children
D. family caregiving having been shifted onto women’s shoulders
Fifty is the gateway to the most liberating passage in a woman’s life. Children are making test flights out of the nest. Parents are expected to be roaming in their recreational vehicles or sending postcards of themselves riding camels. Free at last! Women can graduate from the precarious balancing act between parenting and pursuit of a career. That has been the message of my books since I wrote New Passages 15 years ago. What I didn’t see coming was the boomerang.
With parents living routinely into their 90s, a second round of caregiving has become a predictable crisis for women in midlife. Nearly 50 million Americans are taking care of an adult who used to be independent. Yes, men represent about one third of family caregivers, but their participation is often at a distance and administrative. Women do most of the hands-on care.
It starts with the call. It’s a call about a fall. Your morn has had a stroke. Or it’s a call about your dad&md
A. looking after their children
B. taking care of their parents
C. earning a living for their families
D. doing housework all day long
Fifty years ago, most people’s daily levels of activity were equivalent to walking three to five miles a day. Today, the (1) person fails to (2) that distance in a week. It’s (3) the ratio of fatness has soared—with serious implications for health.
What we have (4) in convenience from labour-saving devices over the past half- century, we have paid for (5) a sharp decline in physical activity. We use cars, buses or trains to (6) work; our children are (7) to school; elevators and lifts have replaced (8) stairs in shopping centres, offices and apartment blocks. Washing machines, vacuum cleaners, dishwashers and electric mowers all reduce the effort required to (9) a clean and tidy home. Almost one third of adults (10) over ten hours sitting down every day, adding (11) a staggering average of 32 years and four months over a lifetime. (12) surprising,
A. cost
B. pay
C. take
D. spend
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