133 Ways to Avoid Going Cuckoo When the Kids Fly the Nest: a Parent's Guide for Surviving Empty Nest Syndrome
- List Price: $10.00
- Binding: Paperback
- Publisher: Three Rivers Press (CA)
- Publish date: 07/01/2001
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"A well-organized maternity ward would have handed you this book with your newborn's birth certificate. It really did go by in the blink of an eye, and here it is 18 years later. The transition to empty nest status has been likened to being fired from a job you never wanted to quit; it's another kind of labor, except this time it's your heart that's having contractions". Here's the definitive guide to conquering Empty Nest Syndrome and remediating what the authors define as the 8 clinical phases of ENS:
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1. Denial (He's still just a baby!)
2. Grief, Stage I (I'm sad, sad, sad.)
3. Acceptance (It's healthy she's leaving.)
4. Grief, Stage II (So who needs healthy?)
5. Recovery (I think I'm ready to go to a play.)
6. Grief III (Oy, I'm so sad, he was in a play.)
7. Relief (I don't have to pretend to enjoy the damned play.)
8. Glee (Hey, I'll be in a play!)
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