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Category: empty nests
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Economists who study happiness–yes there are such folks out there–have found that happiness (or, as they define it, satisfaction with life) is high when we're 16 years old then drops off into a U-shaped curve that doesn't peak again until we're nearly 50 years old. For many of us who are parents, 50 coincides with…
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painting: Edward Hopper (at National Gallery) Some of our grown kids have come home to ride out the Covid-19 crisis. We may be happy to have them under our roofs again and to provide safe shelter in the corona storm. But the impact on us is not negligible: Keeping the refrigerator stocked. Cooking bigger…
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This is the emptying nest season. A lot of our kids have left for college and parents are wistful and lump-in-throat sad to see their empty place at the kitchen table. We wish they were still youngsters living under our roof. Or so we think. But four years hence, we may not be so thrilled…
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Dropping the kids off at college? Obama says it’s brutal.
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The kids may have left for college and independence, but they may still need to know their old bedroom in your house secures their place in the family.
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We may feel sad when our kids leave home, but even worse if they boomerang back.
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Do we still lose sleep over our kids when they’re adults? A study finds it’s the dads who toss and turn the most.
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Canadian parents know what it takes to get their boomerang kids to move on and out: Pay them to do it.
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