How to Cope with Empty Nest
3 min readMay 24, 2023
The goal of raising children is to send them out in the world to become functionally, happy, well-adjusted adults. But knowing that intellectually–and even working towards it consciously as they grow–doesn’t prepare us for the experience of grief and loss when our children leave home for college, work, or other reasons. We grieve the loss of a lifestyle and relationship that was part of our identity and daily life.