Leaving and Returning Home in 20th Century America Leaving and Returning Home 20th Century America Out of the Nest Back to the Nest Runaways and Stay-at-Homes The Changing Role of Regional Communities Who Left Whom? The Effects of Childhood Family Structure Sons and Daughters Leaving and Returning to the Feathered Nest The Shifting Ethnic Mosaic Religious Transformation and Family Values What Is New in Nest-Leaving in 20th Century America?