Randy Charach, 62, has four daughters, ages 19 to 34. They had all flown the nest by the start of 2025, but then slowly started coming back. Now two daughters and one boyfriend remain at home, with ...

Everyone makes being a parent after kids leave the nest sound so dreamy. No longer having to wake up in the early hours of the morning, being a parent with zero kids at home sounds like a vacation.

Jamie Delaney didn’t know what to expect when she became an empty nester in 2023. She'd left her full-time job as a professor in child psychology 12 years ago to stay home with her two kids. Once her ...