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Empty Nest Blues

Ways to vanquish the empty nest blues and help your family cope with changing circumstances.
  1. Empty Nest Books (7)
  2. Marriage and the Empty Nest (6)

Empty Nest Celebrations
Your kids are off on their next big adventure - college and the big wide world. Now it's time to celebrate. Here are some empty nest party ideas to get you started.


Thriving in the Empty Nest: The last child has taken off. Now it's time to reclaim your life, rebuild relationships and rekindle empty nest dreams. Here's how.

3 Things to Avoid After You Drop the Kids at College
You've dropped off the kids. Now what? Here are 3 things to avoid after you drop the kids off at college.

5 Things to Do After You Drop the Kids at College
You've dropped the kids off at college. Now what? Here are 5 things to do after you drop the kids off at college.

A Cocktail Party to Celebrate the Empty Nest
Don't be blue. Celebrate your suddenly empty nest with a cocktail party.

Empty Nest - Empty Nest Bucket List
What's on your empty nest "bucket list"?

Empty Nest Blues - How Do You Deal With the Empty Nest Blues
We've all heard of the empty nest blues, that sense of depression that descends when the last child leaves home. Now what? Share your tips for dealing with the empty nest blues here.

Staying Close and Letting Go
Now that your kids are grown, how do you restructure your relationship so youÂ’re neither too involved, nor so hands-off there isnÂ’t much of a relationship there at all? How do you stay close while letting go?

Coping with Empty Nest Syndrome by Volunteering
Empty Nest Survival: You probably spent hours volunteering at your child's school. Now that you're an empty nester, have you thought about ... volunteering some more?

Empty Nest Syndrome: Preparing for Your Child's Departure
Empty Nest Syndrome: It's no secret that kids grow up and leave home. So while it's certainly important to do the college apps and the dorm shopping, it's also important to plan for that empty nest.


No one understands what it feels like to pack your child off to college better than someone who's going through it too.

Dads and the Empty Nest
Dads are just as prone to empty nest syndrome.

Empty Nest Syndrome: Even Siblings Get the Blues
Parenting Young Adults - Your empty nest needn't be completely empty to feel the loss. In fact, parents with younger kids still at home may find themselves dealing not only with their own sorrow, but a family on an emotional rollercoaster. Here are four ways to help younger siblings deal with empty nest blues.

Redecorating When the College Kid Moves Out
Redecorating when the college kid moves out? One of the benefits of an empty nest is all that extra room - that and less laundry. What do you do with that extra bedroom? What do you do with all that ... stuff?

Empty Nest Brunch
Celebrate dorm drop-off with a festive brunch for empty nesters.


Every parent eventually goes through empty nest syndrome. Here are 7 ways to cope with the empty nest blues.

The Empty Nest Blues, Take Two
Got a case of the January blues? The end of the holidays can mean an unexpected spasm of empty nest depression.

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