Re: Daughter leaving home
'Empty Nest Syndrome' is widely recognised as the inevitable culmination of having children. If we look at the alternative, that our children would stay living with us indefinitely, I doubt there's many of us that would want such a scenario.
However as others have said before me, they'll keep popping back for one reason or another. Unless they're in my family of course, but we're discussing typical families here, not dysfunctional ones.
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