FREE as a bird
Mar 03, 2021
2 minutes
ome March, the family home that was full of summer chatter can fall deathly silent. The departure of young adult children to university, whether as new students or returners, has been reported to have a devastating impact on their parents’ wellbeing. Empty nest syndrome was a term popularised by sociologists as early as 1914, and continual coverage by the media has firmly cemented this
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