Empty nest

Empty nest

Empty nest can refer to:

*Empty nest syndrome, experienced by parents when children move away from their parents' house
*Empty Nest (TV series), an American television show


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  • empty nest — the ˌempty ˈnest 7 [empty nest] noun singular the situation that parents are in when their children have grown up and left home …   Useful english dictionary

  • empty nest — noun A home or a family where the children have grown up and moved away. Rather than sit around her empty nest reminiscing about bygone days, she converted her sons bedroom into an office and launched an at home business …   Wiktionary

  • Empty nest syndrome — is a general feeling of loneliness that parents/other guardian relatives may feel when one or more of their children leave home. While more common in women, it can happen to both sexes. The marriage of a child can lead to similar feelings, with… …   Wikipedia

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  • empty-nest syndrome — ☆ empty nest syndrome [emp′tē nest′ ] n. a form of mental depression said to be caused in women by the loss felt when their children grow up and leave home * * * …   Universalium

  • empty-nest syndrome — ☆ empty nest syndrome [emp′tē nest′ ] n. a form of mental depression said to be caused in women by the loss felt when their children grow up and leave home …   English World dictionary

  • Empty Nest (TV series) — infobox television show name = Empty Nest caption = format = Sitcom runtime = 25 minutes creator = Susan Harris starring = Richard Mulligan Kristy McNichol Dinah Manoff David Leisure Park Overall Paul Provenza Lisa Rieffel Marsha Warfield Estelle …   Wikipedia

  • Empty-Nest-Syndrom — Klassifikation nach ICD 10 Z60 Empty Nest Syndrom (ENS) Kontaktanlässe mit Bezug auf die soziale Umgebung …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • empty-nest syndrome — Traditionally in Chinese families, adult children live with their elderly parents under the same roof. Chinese people start to experience empty nest syndrome as a result of social change. Empty nest syndrome is very peculiar in China in several… …   Encyclopedia of Contemporary Chinese Culture

  • empty-nest syndrome — /ɛmpti ˈnɛst sɪndroʊm/ (say emptee nest sindrohm) noun Colloquial depression which affects some parents whose children have all grown up and left home: *Like mothers everywhere, she suffered from empty nest syndrome when he left home in the early …  

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