The Following Statements Regarding the Empty Nest Stage Is False

The following statements regarding the empty nest stage is false: ________

A) The empty nest stage refers to the years prior to the traditional marker of old age at age 65.
B) The empty nest stage is a pre-retirement stage that typically involves adult children being successfully launched from the family home, leaving aging parents to plan towards their work-free years as a couple.
C) Over the past few decades, with the growing proportion of adult children staying or returning home, the empty nest has increasingly become a cluttered nest.
D) The empty nest stage refers to a widow or widower co-residing with adult children.
E) c and d are both false.