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One big happy family? Well no actually.
There isn’t a culture in the world that doesn’t hold the big family up as the social ideal, a blessing. The big 'happy' family. Think of...
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5 ways the new 'only' is different from the old one.
When you talk to adult only children they often talk negatively about growing up without siblings and I can imagine it must have been...
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Why your old age isn't a good reason to have more children.
One of the most common arguments against stopping at one child is the fear that caring for elderly parents alone is an overwhelming...
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![Why didn't Gandhi have Only Child Syndrome? Hint: It doesn't exist.](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3c109d_7b63e63f76e34aec969a10ffdb7f3910.jpg/v1/fill/w_272,h_249,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/3c109d_7b63e63f76e34aec969a10ffdb7f3910.webp)
Why didn't Gandhi have Only Child Syndrome? Hint: It doesn't exist.
OK, let's be quite clear, there is no such thing as 'Only Child Syndrome.' Gandhi didn't have it, despite being an only child, because it...
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