In a city where thousands of low-income families are desperately seeking affordable child care, the empty ground-floor space in a new building in the Bayview district shows how those needs are ...

While empty nest parents miss their kids, they may also have a sense of relief from the day-to-day responsibilities of child-raising. They typically have the freedom to update or renew their own ...

Gearing up to be an "empty nester" is a daunting prospect. WJZ talked with Dr. Asha Patton-Smith, a child and adolescent psychiatrist at Kaiser Permanente, about how to cope with empty nest syndrome.

Once the last child leaves home, many parents experience feelings of sadness and loneliness. Empty nest syndrome isn't a clinical diagnosis, but it's a term used to describe these feelings. These ...