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Unlike the young adult, people in the middle of their lives are dealing with realignment, growth, and change. I think this realignment of the launching stage brings with it a time of crisis for the family and the persons identity. In the launching stage, when a p ....

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.... the crisis of losing their role as a parent and needing to find a new sense of identity without this role. Feelings that come with this part of the crisis include depression, self-doubt, heartache and low spirits. They must also handle any kind of regret or feeling of failure about their time and place as a parent. As a mid-life parent, some people (mostly women) can feel caught in the "sandwich generation". This means they are taking care of not only their children, but often grandparents all the way down to grandchildren. This would be a major stressor and crisis on the mid-life parent because they would feel as though they were not doing en ....