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Umfang: 1 online resource (346 pages)

Ausgabe: 1st ed. 2024.

ISBN: 9783031504037 , 3031504038

Serie: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life,

Inhalt: This edited volume traverses the spectrum of experiences that take place after children leave the family home and parents find themselves in the "empty nest" stage of life. Rather than focusing on measuring the intensity of empty nest syndrome or asking whether parents' marital satisfaction increases or decreases in this phase, the authors present rich qualitative data from across Poland and France to show that there is great variation in how families experience the empty nest, developing both a study on intimacy and love and on family solidarity. Throughout the book, themes of mixed emotions, nuanced attitudes, contradictions, and dissonance are explored while shedding light on "supporting actors" of the empty nest transition, such as family pets and material objects. .

Anmerkung: 1: Introduction -- Part 1: Family in the Empty Nest -- 2: Mothering from Full Nest to Empty Nest -- 3: Fathering from Full Nest to Empty Nest -- 4: Adult Children's Bedrooms and Emptying the Nest: The Mechanisms of Transition -- 5: Visiting Parents: The Recomposing and Renegotiation of Family Roles and Responsibilities -- 6: The Come-Back to 'Full Nest' in Times of Pandemic in France and Poland -- 7: The Recomposition: Parental Roles and Animal Roles in the Empty Nest -- Part 2: Couple in the Empty Nest 8: Redefining Couple Relationship in the Empty Nest: The Evolving Involvement -- 9: Redefining Couple Relationship in the Empty Nest: Together, but Apart -- 10: No Intimate Bonds in the Empty Nest: Uncoupling and Recoupling -- Part 3: The Self in the Empty Nest -- 11: What Do We Do In Our Free Time? Personal Life Strategies -- 12: Without Children at Home: The Transition to Herplaces and Hisplaces -- 13: Changing Roles, Changing Emotions: Women's Emotions in Coping with Change -- 14: Struggling with Limitations, Creating New Possibilities: The Identity of Men in the Empty Nest Stage -- 15: Conclusion.

Weitere Ausg.: ISBN 9783031504020

Weitere Ausg.: ISBN 303150402X

Sprache: Englisch

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-50403-7

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Umfang: 1 online resource (346 pages)

Ausgabe: 1st ed.

ISBN: 3-031-50403-8

Serie: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life Series

Anmerkung: Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Chapter 1: Introduction: The Empty Nest in Poland and in France -- Leaving the Nest in France and Poland -- The Events of Residential Autonomy and of the Family Settlement -- Project Description -- Characteristics of Participants -- Poland -- France -- Overview of the Volume -- Summary -- References -- Chapter 2: The Value of "Empty Nest Syndrome" in Sociology -- The Nest as a Family's Cosy Space -- The Invention of the Notion of Empty Nest Syndrome -- How Can Sociology Deal with the Notion of "Empty Nest Syndrome"? -- A Link Between Empty Nest and Marital Happiness -- Lack of a Link Between the Empty Nest and Personal Happiness -- A Historical Reversal of the Syndrome? -- The Socio-Historical Contextualisation of Parental Roles -- Conclusion -- References -- Part I: The Family in 'The Empty Nest' -- Chapter 3: Reconfiguration of the Mother's Role After the Departure of the Children -- Motherhood in the Empty Nest -- Mother's Role Dimensions -- Methods and Respondents -- Results -- Reduction of Maternal Burdens -- Decrease in the Flow of Products and Number of Household Tasks -- Reduction in Time Pressure and in "Mental Load" -- Continuation of the Maternal Role: Remote Tasks -- Remote Material Tasks -- Remote Relational Work -- Continuity of Daily Moral Support -- Tools and Pitfalls of the Remote Role -- Difficulty in Finding Balance Between Proximity and Distance -- The Difficulty of Letting Go of One's Role -- Latency of the Maternal Role When Children Are Settled -- Conclusion and Discussion -- Mother Role: The Role that Never Ends but Fades? -- References -- Chapter 4: The Empty Nest as a Phase of Fatherhood -- Introduction -- Fathers in the Empty Nest -- Results -- The End of the Full Nest Phase. , The End of Domestic Tasks Overload in the Full Nest -- The End of the Breadwinner Role? -- New Roles for Fathers in the Empty Nest -- The Exercise of an "On-Demand" Role -- The Performance of the Masculine Domain: Father as a 'Handyman' and as 'Particular Advisor' -- Father as a Pal -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 5: Adult Children's Bedrooms and the Emptying Nest: Mechanisms of Transition -- Introduction -- Materiality and Society -- Materiality, Home and Housing. The Evolution of a Bedroom -- Children's Bedrooms and Identity, Agency and Appropriation -- Children's Bedrooms and the Transition to the Empty Nest -- Methods -- Results -- Continuity -- Partial Transformation -- Anchors: Remaining Objects as Barriers to Change -- Update: Same Function, New Decor -- Shifts: Temporal Ownership -- Complete Transformation -- Discussion -- References -- Chapter 6: Adult Children's Visits to Their Parents: Recomposition and Renegotiation of Family Roles and Responsibilities -- Introduction -- The Context of Intergenerational Relations in the Family -- On Receiving Guests and Hospitality -- Results -- Return to Home and Old Patterns of an Asymmetrical Children-Parents Relationship -- Parent-Hosts and Children-Guests in an Asymmetrical but Mutually Aligned Relationship -- Informal Visits: When Adult Children and Parents Become Friends -- Rare Visits and Rejected Invitations as Signs of Weakening Intergenerational Bonds -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 7: Return to the 'Full Nest'-Re-Cohabitation in Times of the Pandemic in France and Poland -- Introduction -- Boomerang in the COVID Period in France and Poland -- Results -- Readapting the Space -- Changing Domestic Practices -- Additional Value of a Sudden Return -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 8: Animals in the Empty Nest: Recomposition of Family Roles -- Introduction -- Method. , The Functions of a Pet After the Children Have Left -- An Animal Companion as a Vector of Affection -- An Animal as a Vector of a New Composition of Everyday Life Routine -- An Animal as a New Vector of "Bonfire" in a Couple's Life -- Conclusion -- References -- Part II: The Couple in 'The Empty Nest' -- Chapter 9: Redefining a Couple's Relationship in the Empty Nest: The New Honeymoon -- Introduction -- Relief and Loss as Two Non-exclusive Forms of Experiencing Change -- Parent-Adult Children Relationships -- Manifestations of Interdependence -- Family as a Dynamic Process and Empty Nest in the Context of the Life Course -- Theoretical Proposal -- The Specificity of the "New Honeymoon" Scenario -- More Resources, Fewer Obligations: Common Experiences in Different Proportions -- Building the "New Honeymoon" Scenario -- Maintaining and Strengthening the Bond Developed in the Full Nest Phase -- Relearning How to Be a Couple -- Practising the Honeymoon Scenario -- Sharing Everyday Activities -- New Honeymoon as Joint Projects -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 10: Redefining a Couple's Relationship in the Empty Nest: Together Apart -- Introduction -- The Specificity of the Together Apart Scenario -- More Resources, Fewer Obligations -- Departure as a Relief: More Time and Space for Oneself -- Departure as a Relief: Fewer Conflicts -- Departure as a Relief: No Need to Display Couplehood -- Trajectories of Couples with Weak Interdependence -- Practising Parallel Lives -- Everyday Activities -- Remaining Forms of Conjugal Practices -- Discreet Strategies to Minimise Contact -- Functional Interdependence -- Children as Glue/Displaying Family -- Materiality that Binds -- Future Plans and Dreams -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 11: Recoupling Transitions in the Empty Nest: Women's Perspective -- Introduction. , Results: The Influence of Children's Departure on the Intimate Lives of Their Mothers -- Dating → Empty Nest → Dating & -- Sleepover -- Dating Initiation → Empty Nest → Sleepover → Child Introduction → (Serious Involvement) -- Serious Involvement LAT → Empty Nest → Cohabitation → (Engagement/Remarriage) -- Serious Involvement LAT→ Empty Nest → No Cohabitation/Committed LAT -- No Intimate Relationship → Empty Nest → Divorce → Dating Initiation (with Possible Further Phases) -- Empty Nest as a Marker for Adult Children -- Conclusions -- References -- Part III: The Self in 'The Empty Nest' -- Chapter 12: Without Children at Home: Transition to Herplaces and Hisplaces -- Woman and Man at Home -- Domestic Imaginaries: His and Her Perspective -- Children's Moving Out and the Transition to One's Own (Sense of) Space -- Methods -- Findings -- Herplaces -- Hisplaces -- Discussion -- References -- Chapter 13: Navigating Emotional Terrain: Women's Experiences of Loss and Gain -- Introduction -- Theoretical Perspective on Emotions -- Women's Emotions in the Postpaternal Phase -- Method -- Findings -- Speaking of Loss: Grief -- Speaking of Loss: Frustration -- Speaking of Gain and Loss: Pride/Guilt -- Speaking of Gain: Relief -- Speaking of Gain: Pleasure -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 14: Struggling with Limitations, Creating New Possibilities: Perspective of Men Experiencing the Empty Nest -- Introduction -- Masculine Identity in the Context of Different Developmental Tasks -- Findings -- Emotional Awareness of Ageing -- The Limitations -- Creating New Possibilities -- Work that Fills an Empty Nest -- Conclusions -- References -- Appendix: Characteristics of Participants.

Weitere Ausg.: ISBN 3-031-50402-X

Sprache: Englisch

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Umfang: XVII, 340 p. 5 illus. , online resource.

Ausgabe: 1st ed. 2024.

ISBN: 9783031504037

Serie: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life,

Inhalt: This edited volume traverses the spectrum of experiences that take place after children leave the family home and parents find themselves in the "empty nest" stage of life. Rather than focusing on measuring the intensity of empty nest syndrome or asking whether parents' marital satisfaction increases or decreases in this phase, the authors present rich qualitative data from across Poland and France to show that there is great variation in how families experience the empty nest, developing both a study on intimacy and love and on family solidarity. Throughout the book, themes of mixed emotions, nuanced attitudes, contradictions, and dissonance are explored while shedding light on "supporting actors" of the empty nest transition, such as family pets and material objects. .

Anmerkung: 1: Introduction -- Part 1: Family in the Empty Nest -- 2: Mothering from Full Nest to Empty Nest -- 3: Fathering from Full Nest to Empty Nest -- 4: Adult Children's Bedrooms and Emptying the Nest: The Mechanisms of Transition -- 5: Visiting Parents: The Recomposing and Renegotiation of Family Roles and Responsibilities -- 6: The Come-Back to 'Full Nest' in Times of Pandemic in France and Poland -- 7: The Recomposition: Parental Roles and Animal Roles in the Empty Nest -- Part 2: Couple in the Empty Nest 8: Redefining Couple Relationship in the Empty Nest: The Evolving Involvement -- 9: Redefining Couple Relationship in the Empty Nest: Together, but Apart -- 10: No Intimate Bonds in the Empty Nest: Uncoupling and Recoupling -- Part 3: The Self in the Empty Nest -- 11: What Do We Do In Our Free Time? Personal Life Strategies -- 12: Without Children at Home: The Transition to Herplaces and Hisplaces -- 13: Changing Roles, Changing Emotions: Women's Emotions in Coping with Change -- 14: Struggling with Limitations, Creating New Possibilities: The Identity of Men in the Empty Nest Stage -- 15: Conclusion.

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Weitere Ausg.: Printed edition: ISBN 9783031504020

Weitere Ausg.: Printed edition: ISBN 9783031504044

Weitere Ausg.: Printed edition: ISBN 9783031504051

Sprache: Englisch

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-50403-7

URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-50403-7