Courtesy of Mery on FB.
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,2002382,00.html
The article talks about how more parents are choosing to only have one child despite people still acting like there is something wrong with doing that. The myths that only children are selfish, aloof, asocial, lonely and spoiled persists although there is a lot of evidence that only children tend to have higher levels of intelligence and achievement.
As an only child I fit many of the stereotypes...I typically prefer my own company to that of others, I need a lot of alone time, I cannot tolerate chaos and noise in my house, I tend to make decisions based on how they affect ME, I am called aloof quite often, I have always scored very high on intelligence tests. But I am perfectly happy with how I am and loved being an only.
I tend to think people who have large families as selfish and reckless. H comes from a family of 12 and there is no way all of those children got the individual growth and attention they needed.
What are your thoughts on only children?