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The Empty Nest: A Chance to Reinvent Yourself
One reader sums it up: “I am a full believer that the better way to avoid the problems of empty nest is balance. Your entire life cannot be the kids. Throughout the child rearing days a portion of your time and mind should go to continuing to build the relationship with your spouse. Another important portion of your time and mind should go to nurturing yourself. Doing what you love to do. When the kids are gone you have more time to dedicate to both of these. There is always … Continue reading
The Empty Nest and the Sandwich Generation
For those of you in the Sandwich Generation, there are lots of circumstances that lead to an empty nest – your growing children moving to college, moving away to take a job or moving into marriage or a committed life with a partner. And any of these situations may require major role shifts for all the family. Watch the video below about a transition that unfortunately resulted in problems for everyone. But if you read the August blog posts we suggest, you’ll see that that there are solutions. Accept your … Continue reading
Tips for Adjusting to the Empty Nest
“My only child is in her first year of college and, even though I’ve always worked and she’s been ‘on her own’ for years now, I really miss her. I can hardly wait for parents’ weekend.” This is a commment from one of our readers who read yesterday’s post about the empty nest. Do you associate the empty nest primarily with children leaving for college? For some parents, the greatest feelings of loss occur when their adult children get married. The changes during this transition can be dramatic and traumatic … Continue reading
Baby Boomers and the Empty Nest
Now that autumn is here and your college-aged kids have moved out, you may be feeling unsettled, even melancholy. This can be a complicated time of transition for some families – but not all. For some parents ‘no kids at home’ represents a fresh start. Here’s what Mira had to say after her youngest child went away to college: “This is the only time I’ve been completely free since my daughter was born. I spent months after she went away to college just relaxing and doing whatever I wanted, until … Continue reading
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Tagged a fresh start, Baby Boomers, college aged kids, empty nest, kidults, letting go
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