What is empty nest syndrome?

Answer 1

Empty-nest syndrome is a term commonly used for a psychological or emotional condition that can affect a woman around the time that one or more of her children leave home.

It can also occur when a child gets married, because matrimony is a clear signal that Mum is no longer needed in the same way she once was.

Most often it occurs at the time of year (autumn) when vast numbers of teenagers have just left home for college or university.

But what is empty-nest syndrome?

Well, it's not a term you'll find in many medical text books, but it has become a useful phrase for identifying and encapsulating the feelings of sadness and loss that many women experience when their children no longer live with them, or need day-to-day care.

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Answer 2

Its when parents have a house of kids that keep them busy and moving, then one day they are all gone, and the parents are left in a quiet empty house. With the feeling of a lonely and empty house

Answer 3

i think this is when the kids are all grown up and moved outta the house, and its just the parents. the baby-birdies have flown away on their own, and parents are feeling they have done their duties are parents raising their kids, but now feel the house is empty without their kids...