Stories – Empty Nest Experience

September 20, 2018

Steve V.’s Experience

Both of my kids had graduated from college and were living about three hours away when it really hit me. I said to my wife: “Wow, the thing I was best at and most fulfilled by is kind of over.” I’m a Dad that can say “I’m glad I did” instead of “I wish I…

September 10, 2018

Roger C.’s Experience

I leave papers on a desk and when I return a day, two days, or a week later, they are exactly where I left them. So that is cool. When our children were babies, I at once sensed the strength of their will and their autonomy and from that time forward I always tried to…

August 10, 2018September 21, 2018

Share Your Empty Nest Experience (Click Here)

Please share your empty nest experience with me. Submitted stories may be referenced in my upcoming book, as well as on this blog. If you would like your story kept private, or only referenced in the book, please let me know at the beginning of your submission. Thank you for entrusting your experience to me.

Empty Nest Experience is a normal developmental stage that adults go through when they launch their last child into the world – typically, when the last child goes off to college. Empty Nest is a familiar term, but there has been surprisingly very little research on the topic. At Palm Beach Atlantic University, we conducted a study and we are sharing our results and other research findings on this site. See the blog posts for my personal thoughts and what we learned from our research. I am writing a book based on our study, but we need your stories to fill in the gaps and so that we can share our experiences with one another. Share your stories – Click here – to share and read what others have said. Finally, you can take the actual survey that we used in our research as we continue to collect data and learn more about the Empty Nest Experience.