It's enough to send a shudder through the heart of any parent and not just because of
empty-nest syndrome. Money (both the parent's and the student's)--or lack thereof.
Mansell highlights "
empty-nest syndrome" beautifully and it sets the scene for the rest of the book.
"Depression affects up to one third of women at this stage of life, and this research makes it harder to say that the mood disorder is related solely to life circumstances like
empty-nest syndrome or stress," says Hadine Joffe, MD, MSc, Director of Endochrine Studies at Massachusetts General Hospital's Perinatal and Reproductive Psychiatry Clinical Research Program.
The most common types often occur with greatest frequency at a time in life when women are experiencing such life stressors as menopause,
empty-nest syndrome and the aging of parents.
Perhaps I'm indulging in premature
empty-nest syndrome. My children aren't that old; we still have years before my fledglings will be on their own.
Even "after Matthew's death, Shepard says Logan's departure for college did not trigger a case of
empty-nest syndrome. "I know a lot of rooms whose whole life was their children.
'Then you get the
empty-nest syndrome. The desire to live a more traditional lifestyle occurs when children arrive, so couples move into a detached house.
Was there an "
empty-nest syndrome," and what impact did this have on the marriage partners?
You've got
empty-nest syndrome and it's completely natural to have those feelings.
It's enough to send a shudder through the heart of any parent, and not just because of
empty-nest syndrome. Money (both the parent's and the student's) or lack thereof.
There's the divorced business executive figuring out how to date again (Vickie Daignault), the devoted mother and wife dealing with
empty-nest syndrome (Rosalyn Rahn Kerins) and other vague but easily identifiable figures taking on life as all women do or will eventually know it.
``I started when my family had got a bit older, but some people start because of the
empty-nest syndrome - one consultant recently started with us after retiring because she likes company.''