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When launching successful children means lonely holidays

Both my adult children live across the country and I spend holidays alone now and everyone says I should be proud they are independent but I just feel forgotten.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The unspoken cost of raising independent children who create full lives that no longer center around their family of origin.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Launching adult children?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.