It’s 4:30 in the afternoon and the house is quiet. The whirlwind of racing to after school activities is no longer a part of your daily life. You are free to plan dinnertime without first checking team practice schedules and your weekend is again your own. This is life in a newly empty nest; simultaneously freeing and perplexing.
The term Empty Nest Syndrome gained popularity in the 1970s and has since been considered a standard rite of passage for parents, particularly for mothers. Yet recent research has shown that for that majority of parents Empty Nest Syndrome may not be nearly as bad as we’ve been led to believe.
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