Fun without Dick and Jane
Subtitle: your guide to a delightfully empty nest
By: by Christie Mellor
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Published: 2012
Place of publication: San Francisco, CA
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781452105970
Subjects: Empty nesters; Parents; Psychology; Parent and adult child
Table of contents: title: Introduction: and a child shall leave them; title: So long, farewell; title: Big mom on campus; title: Go rogue : fighting the fear-based empty-nest cabal; title: It's quiet. Too quiet; title: You never call, you never write; title: Hello, gorgeous!; title: And you are; title: ?; title: Surely you have something to do?; title: You and yourself : love with a beautiful stranger; title: Beyond the empty nest : before the parade passes by; title: From chopsticks to concertos; title: Happy trails : didn't I tell you to go camping?; title: College! : not just for the kids; title: Stepping out; title: Hello, friends!; title: Hey! The kids are gone! It's part-ay time!; title: Sayonara, Mrs. Minivan; title: Your fashion inspiration : Anna Dello Russo, Tavi Gevinson, Lyn Yaeger, and that lady you saw buying peaches at the farmers' market; title: Life is too short for sweatpants; title: You. Off the couch. Now; title: Feathering your empty nest; title: Your next chapter : downsizing your life; title: Running away from home : when downsizing just isn't enough; title: They're baaa-aack; title: Nails on a chalkboard : when your child comes home on holiday; title: What is this "empty nest" of which you speak?; title: You, your roommates, and the rules; title: You, the model of gracious living; title: The really, really empty nest : when your child gets married; title: Conclusion: parenting : the final frontier.