Holidays – Empty Nest Experience

December 17, 2018

Marriage and the Empty Nest

Our research on empty nest experience found that this developmental stage can be both happy and sad. In the same way, the research found conflicting results on the impact of an empty nest on marriages. In general, the findings were positive! That is good news. For instance, back in 2002, researcher Karen Fingerman of Purdue…

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…