Family Life Cycle Stage 7: Empty Nest
Carly & Carina
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Challenges:
- loss of motherhood.
- some parents are more susceptible than others.
- denial.
- new challenges.
Examples:
- a mother feeling worthless because she feels her most important job is complete.
- marriage is unstable or unsatisfactory.
- establishing a new kind of relationship with the adult child.
Tasks:
- parents prepare for their child to leave their home.
Rewards:
Examples:
- freedom
- the child can see how the real world is on their own.
- a parent is making sure their child is ready for the outside world.
Examples:
- moving out and getting their own place to live.