Children caring for parents

Liz runs the website Working Daughter. This post was originally featured there. The other day I was talking to a woman who is trying to run a business while caring for her ailing mother. “It sounds like you’ve had some experience with sick, elderly parents,” she said. Indeed. I told her about the summer when both …

It’s time to have the talk with your children. Not THAT talk. If you are middle-aged like me, I’m assuming you’ve had the birds-and-bees talk with your kids by now. I’m speaking about the talk you need to have with your adult children. For middle-agers, now is the right time to discuss end-of-life wishes with our families. …