Uncategorized – Empty Nest Experience

August 24, 2021

God Knows about Estrangement

It turns out that parental estrangement from their adult children is a current phenomenon.

December 13, 2018December 13, 2018

Christmas Season and an Empty Nest

In our research on the empty nest experience we found that life satisfaction was much lower on average when single parents launched their kids to college. This group fared worse emotionally than did married couples. This makes sense as it is much harder for a single parent to see their last child go. This fact…

September 21, 2018September 21, 2018

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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.