Archive for August, 2010
Saturday, August 28th, 2010
They Won’t Have Siblings
Many of us have heard, “but they won’t have siblings.” My answer is, “so.” I have gone through the myths and sufficiently address why they are incorrect or invalid. Giving a sibling to your child is NOT a good reason to have another child – I don’t care who you are! The main “concern” is [...]
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Friday, August 27th, 2010
One and Only Child
I am going to start posting links to news stories that I find related to our blog topic. I am not taking responsibility for the work, but trying to provide the most comprehensive only-child resource on the web. There are precious few sites dedicated to the only child experience (for the child OR the parent) [...]
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Thursday, August 26th, 2010
Just One Child – Selfish or Realistic?
Often, when people trying to convince me having an only child is the wrong choice exhaust all the traditional (and now debunked) myths, they try a different tactic: “You’re just selfish.” Why? Because I acknowledge my inability to give any more of who I am to another person? They say you can’t get blood from [...]
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Thursday, August 5th, 2010
Adult Only Child Perspective
by Bernice Sorensen I am an only child and for the last ten years I have been collecting stories from adult onlies about their experience of growing up and living their life as an only. My own experience convinced me that even today being an only child carries a stigma. There is a lot of [...]
