This wasn't a problem during agrarian times, but in today's industrialized society, amid urbanization, falling birthrates and global mobility, the empty nest has become an increasingly unavoidable heartache for modern parents in their middle age.
這在農業時代不成問題，但如今工商社會，都市化、少子化及人才全球流動，卻在在讓「空巢」成了現代中年父母越來越難以迴避的痛。