Empty-nester couples face their own ‘Us’ moment as university begins

Writer Joanna Moorhead is one of many parents who can relate to new BBC series depicting the prospect of a suddenly child-free home

‘I want change!” So says Connie Petersen in the new BBC series Us, as she and husband Douglas imagine a future without their son Albie. How many of us have had her words ringing in our ears this week as we’ve dropped our teenagers off at university and headed home as the child-free couple we’ve not been for many years?

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