1. Introduction
Part 1: Family in the Empty Nest
2. Mothering from Full Nest to Empty Nest
3. Fathering from Full Nest to Empty Nest
4. Adult Children's Bedrooms and Emptying the Nest: The Mechanisms of Transition
5. Visiting Parents: The Recomposing and Renegotiation of Family Roles and Responsibilities
6. The Come-Back to 'Full Nest' in Times of Pandemic in France and Poland
7. The Recomposition: Parental Roles and Animal Roles in the Empty Nest
Part 2: Couple in the Empty Nest
8. Redefining Couple Relationship in the Empty Nest: The Evolving Involvement
9. Redefining Couple Relationship in the Empty Nest: Together, but Apart
10. No Intimate Bonds in the Empty Nest: Uncoupling and Recoupling
Part 3: The Self in the Empty Nest
11. What Do We Do In Our Free Time? Personal Life Strategies
12. Without Children at Home: The Transition to Herplaces and Hisplaces
13. Changing Roles, Changing Emotions: Women's Emotions in Coping with Change
14. Struggling with Limitations, Creating New Possibilities: The Identity of Men in the Empty Nest Stage
15. Conclusion
Magdalena adkowska is Assistant Professor in the Division of Sociology of Everyday Life in the Faculty of Social Sciences at University of Gdask, Poland.
Marta Skowroska is Assistant Professor at the Division of Social Practice Research and Theory in the Faculty of Sociology at Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland.
Christophe Giraud is Professor of Sociology at Université Paris Cité, France.
Filip Schmidt is Assistant Professor in the Division of Social Practice Research and Theory at the Faculty of Sociology at Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland. ctice Research and Theory at the Faculty of Sociology at Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland.