Reconfiguring Relations in the Empty Nest Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay

This edited volume traverses the spectrum of experiences that take place after children leave the family home and parents find themselves in the "empty nest" stage of life. Rather than focusing on measuring the intensity of empty nest syndrome or asking whether parents' marital satisf...

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Other Authors: Żadkowska, Magdalena (Editor), Skowrońska, Marta (Editor), Giraud, Christophe (Editor), Schmidt, Filip (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Palgrave Macmillan 2024, 2024
Edition:1st ed. 2024
Series:Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life
Subjects:
Sex
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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505 0 |a 1: Introduction -- Part 1: Family in the Empty Nest -- 2: Mothering from Full Nest to Empty Nest -- 3: Fathering from Full Nest to Empty Nest -- 4: Adult Children's Bedrooms and Emptying the Nest: The Mechanisms of Transition -- 5: Visiting Parents: The Recomposing and Renegotiation of Family Roles and Responsibilities -- 6: The Come-Back to 'Full Nest' in Times of Pandemic in France and Poland -- 7: The Recomposition: Parental Roles and Animal Roles in the Empty Nest -- Part 2: Couple in the Empty Nest 8: Redefining Couple Relationship in the Empty Nest: The Evolving Involvement -- 9: Redefining Couple Relationship in the Empty Nest: Together, but Apart -- 10: No Intimate Bonds in the Empty Nest: Uncoupling and Recoupling -- Part 3: The Self in the Empty Nest -- 11: What Do We Do In Our Free Time? Personal Life Strategies -- 12: Without Children at Home: The Transition to Herplaces and Hisplaces -- 13: Changing Roles, Changing Emotions: Women's Emotions in Coping with Change -- 14: Struggling with Limitations, Creating New Possibilities: The Identity of Men in the Empty Nest Stage -- 15: Conclusion 
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520 |a This edited volume traverses the spectrum of experiences that take place after children leave the family home and parents find themselves in the "empty nest" stage of life. Rather than focusing on measuring the intensity of empty nest syndrome or asking whether parents' marital satisfaction increases or decreases in this phase, the authors present rich qualitative data from across Poland and France to show that there is great variation in how families experience the empty nest, developing both a study on intimacy and love and on family solidarity. Throughout the book, themes of mixed emotions, nuanced attitudes, contradictions, and dissonance are explored while shedding light on "supporting actors" of the empty nest transition, such as family pets and material objects.