Parents discuss empty nest syndrome as students leave home

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1. Tue, 11 August 2026

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   • westernmassnews.com12:59first to report
     Parents discuss empty nest syndrome as students leave home

     As students prepare for a new school year, parents of older students may be preparing for a different transition: their children leaving home.

2. Thu, 13 August 2026

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   • indiatimes.com15:30
     When children leave home, parents lose more than company: The hidden psychology of why “being needed” can become so deeply tied to identity that letting go feels like losing yourself

     The phrase "empty nest syndrome" has long been a staple of popular culture and self-help literature, yet its casual usage frequently trivializes what is, in reality, a deeply jarring structural crisis. Society tends to frame this phase as a transient bout of parental melancholia, a brief, sentimental period of sadness that occurs when the youngest child leaves for university or relocates for an early career opportunity.

3. Wed, 19 August 2026

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   • Index.hr (Croatia)10:22
     Sindrom praznog gnijezda: Tuga počinje i prije odlaska djeteta

     ODLAZAK djece na fakultet može izazvati tugu i tjeskobu kod roditelja i prije samog rastanka.