Middle Adulthood - Empty Nest Syndrome

Middle Adulthood and Robert L. Friedman

Usually, whenever individuals experience the empty nest stage, it comes at a time of middle adulthood, where children have all grown up and are ready to live their primary household.

The 'empty nest syndrome' regards the feelings and symptoms of stress, depression, anxiety and the loneliness that parents and guardian experience with separation and depart of the kids who leave their houses in search of a new home and a new life altogether. While some individuals experience a rather peaceful, for many others the process and the transition is not that ...