The Window to Enjoy Your Empty Nest Is Shrinking - WSJ

“I haven’t been able to do anything that is not work- or kid-centered in really almost 13 years,” says Ms. Frederickson, founder and chief executive of human-resources executive search firm Frederickson Partners in Menlo Park, Calif. “I’m ready to have a full and fun life.” 

13 years into parenting and she still doesn’t get it?

She never will.