Which Statement Is Most Accurate Regarding the Empty Nest Stage

question 86

Multiple Choice

Which statement is most accurate regarding the empty nest stage among women born in the late 1800s?

• A) Their entire identity was derived from parenting, making the empty nest phase a very emotionally difficult stage.
• B) Multigenerational family living negated an empty nest transition in family life.
• C) Women began bearing children in their early teens and moved into grandparenting in their 30s, bypassing the empty nest phase.
• D) Women bore children into their 40s but died on average before these children left home, bypassing the empty nest phase.

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