FEATHERING THE EMPTY NEST

IF YOU’RE A PARENT, YOU LIKELY PRIDE YOURSELF ON RAISING KIDS WHO GROW UP TO BE HEALTHY,

PRODUCTIVE, INDEPENDENT ADULTS. BUT WHEN CHILDREN ACTUALLY LEAVE, SOME PARENTS REVEL IN THEIR NEWFOUND FREEDOM WHILE OTHERS FEEL UNMOORED. HERE'S HOW TO REBUILD.

by Jason Teich and Davia Sills, for The Science of Love, published by Centennial Media March 2019

The luckiest parents will face the day their children fly the coop—after all, who would want it any other way? We all want to launch our kids, healthy and whole, into the world! Here, psychologist Suzanne Degges-White, an expert in life transitions at Northern Illinois University, discusses how parents can come together, regain their

footing, remake their lives and find their passions once children have left home.

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