How The Empty Nest Affects Men

Let’s say you’re doing something completely ordinary. Making a coffee, perhaps. And suddenly it hits you just how quiet the house is. Only this time, the quiet feels different. It isn't just that everyone's out. It has a permanence to it.

Upstairs, the bedroom your son or daughter used to occupy is still there. The door is closed. And for how long... You don't really know.

This episode is about that quiet. About the so-called empty nest. And about what happens when the busyness of parenting gives way to silence—and everything that silence can bring.

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