Empty nesters generally refer to middle-aged and elderly people after their children leave home. With the deepening of social aging, there are more and more empty nesters, which has become a social problem that cannot be ignored. When children leave home for work, study, marriage and other reasons, the psychological disorder symptoms of middle-aged and elderly couples living alone in empty nests are called family empty nest syndrome.
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With the development of China's economy, the problem of aging has become increasingly prominent, especially the phenomenon of empty nesters. 20 12,10129 October, the first national seminar on smart pension strategy introduced that the proportion of empty nesters is very large.
By 2050, there will be about 79 million childless elderly people in China, and the proportion of elderly people living alone and empty nesters will exceed 54%. The problem of providing for the aged with empty nesters has once again attracted attention.
The symptoms of family empty nest syndrome are depression, depression, loneliness, loss of appetite, sleep disorders, usually sadness, sigh, and even crying, and often have a tendency to blame themselves.
I feel that I have wronged my children, and I have not fully fulfilled my responsibilities as a parent. In addition, there will be a tendency to blame children, feeling that children are unfilial to their parents, only care about their own interests, and leave their parents alone in the empty nest.