摘要
空巢也许根本不是令人伤心的地方。自上世纪七十年代以来，研究夫妻关系的专家们已普及“空巢综合症”这一说法，它是指当子女离家后，其父母，尤其是母亲们，感到抑郁、茫然的一段时间。为帮助父母们挺过这段过渡期，人们已创立了多家网站，各种书籍也相继问世。
The empty nest may not be such an unhappy place after all. Since the 1970s, relationship experts have popularized the notion of ＂empty nest syndrome,＂ a time of depression and loss of purpose that plagues parents, especially mothers, when their children leave home. Dozens of web sites and books have been created to help parents weather the transition.
