Are you an only child? There are both good and bad things about the experience, but my interest is to see how a lack of siblings affects a person's development, particularly relationally. - Read more

Only children are just like most New York kids— sophisticated, precocious, sometimes a little lonely—only more so. - Read more

Only Child News is a communication tool devoted to one of the fastest growing segments of our society... Only Children of all ages.There are an estimated 20 million only children in the United States alone. Our newsletter addresses the concerns and interests of only children, their parents, grandparents, and friends. - Read more

BeingAnOnly™ held its first one day conference in July '05, The Power of Being One, which drew delegates from all over the UK - and its second over a weekend this September '06, Only Child: A Unique Inheritance. In addition to the conferences, BeingAnOnly™ runs workshops, social events and a variety of resources on-line via this website. - Read more

This paper examines the phenomenon of birth order as it particularly relates to only children. Only children are unique in birth order in that they are the first- and last-born children in their families. Various theories of prominent psychologists such as Adler, Freud, Skinner, and Eysenck will be examined. - Read more