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Empty nest syndrome (空巢综合征) is a feeling of sadness and loneliness parents may feel when their children leave home for the first time, such as to live on their own or to attend a college or university. It is not a clinical condition. However, it can affect the immune (免疫的) system and result in certain psychological barriers, if left untreated.

All parents are sensitive to empty nest syndrome, although some factors can create a tendency to it. Such factors include an unstable or unsatisfactory marriage, or difficulty accepting change in general. Adults who are also dealing with other stressful life events such as the death of a spouse (配偶) or retirement are also more likely to experience the syndrome.

Symptoms of empty nest syndrome can include depression, a sense of loss of purpose, worry, stress, and anxiety over the child’s welfare. Many empty nest parents prefer staying indoors, and end up becoming people of few words. Parents who experience empty nest syndrome often question whether or not they have prepared adequately for their child to live independently. Others even have feelings of guilt over lost opportunities to be more involved in their children’s lives before they left home.

Empty nest parents often face new challenges, such as establishing a new kind of relationship with their children, having to find other ways to occupy their free time, reconnecting with each other, and a lack of sympathy from people who believe that parents should be happy when their children leave home.

One of the easiest ways for parents to cure empty nest syndrome is to keep in contact with their children. Technological developments such as cell phones, text messaging, and the Internet all allow for increased communication between parents and their children.

Parents going through empty nest syndrome can ease their stress by pursuing their own hobbies and interests in their increased spare time. Discussing their grief with each other, friends, families, or professionals may help them. Experts have advised that overwhelmed (不知所措的) parents keep a journal, or go back to work if they were full-time parents.

However, prevention is always better than cure. If one child has moved out and you still have others living at home with you, plan in advance for the day when your nest will be empty of all children. Small changes made over time will mean less of a shock when your last child moves out. You may find, with thought and careful planning, that the occasion of your last child leaving home will offer a little happiness, too, as you can then carry out your plans for an independent life with your spouse.

Empty Nest Syndrome
71	Empty nest syndrome is a feeling of depression experienced by parents when their children grow up and leave home.
Causes of empty nest syndrome	● The leaving of children from “the nest” makes parents feel a sense of loss.
Causes of empty nest syndrome	● Parents who 72 to make adjustments to sudden life changes may suffer from empty nest syndrome.
73 influences	Besides the harm done to the immune system, empty nest syndrome can affect a person 74 . ● Empty nest parents are 75 to go out to communicate with others. ● Parents regret not having done much to prepare their children with their 76 life.
77 for empty nest syndrome	● Parents can depend on high technology to increase 78 with their children.
	● Parents can 79 themselves with something interesting to pass time.
	● Parents should plan in advance to 80 themselves better to the situation.