An only child's problems stem from the fact that they miss out on the vital social skills they could have gained from being around a brother or sister. The research also revealed that children ...

It was such a sheltered childhood and the simplest things brought ... thing if it meant my ‘now’ would be different. I am very happy with where my choices have brought me.

Adolescents' search for their own identity and defining themselves in relation to the older generation, which persisted throughout the twentieth century, took various forms. In the final ...

they offered rewards to child informers who turn in “traitors.”* The East German newspaper. Das Volk, reported with pride that Heidi Mallowitz received a track suit for alerting police to a ...

An only child is more content and confident than those with siblings, reports The Observer. Happiness in children declines once there are more siblings in the home, an Understanding Society research ...