only child

Just as a mother would protect her only child, at the risk of her own life, even so let him cultivate a boundless heart towards all beings.

Among the non-wealthy educated classes, the present generation is noticeably one of small families, where an only child is no rare bird.

He was an only child and his mother had died of influenza when he was two.

Because all of you know the story of how this great school came to be, how the Stanfords lost their only child to typhoid at the age of 15.

Every child deserves to be an only child at least once in a while.

The only child of older parents, I avoided them also for, having sired such a child, they were suspect, by association and by kinship.

He said he was an engineer working in Lagos whose wife and only child had been killed in a car accident.

And, behold, a man of the company cried out, saying, Master, I beseech thee, look upon my son: for he is mine only child.

Cheng, the only child in her family, is 29, a borderline "old maid" as far as her mother is concerned.

Emma: The teacher asked me if I was the only child. Father: What did you say? Emma: I said yes -- then she said, Thank goodness!

She dried her eyes looked up with a firm tone of the only child and the adoption of the child: children ah!

Delpy is an only child who grew up in Paris hanging out backstage with her parents, who began taking her to the movies at the age of 2.

Once upon a time there was a king who had a daughter. She was an only child, with no brothers or sisters, nor did she have any playmates .

An only child, living with her father, trying to look after him, lonely, depressed, anxious, she had come to Alan to be healed.

I was the only child at home, parents expecting me to return to Shanghai immediately after your studies, a family reunion.

Despite the fact that she is the only child in her family, she is never babied by her parents.

Trueman, you know perfectly well that your father was an only child just like you.

She was the only child of a couple originally from Wichita, Kansas.

You know perfectly well that your father was an only child. Just like you.

Since I am the only child of my mother, I cannot leave her alone in the hospital at such a crucial moment.

Barely a year after she set up the FI Group, later called Xansa, she gave birth to her only child, Giles.

Before he was born, I used to be the only child and always dreamed that I would have a younger sister or brother one day.

Brought Up in a Happy Family I'm the only child in my family, the apple of my parents' eyes.

Helen has no children Charlie's father was a painter, I am the only child at home we are a happy family.

He was an only child and incarcerated for years in an all-male boarding school, before going to an all-male Yale.

He and his wife were busy Saturday, dropping off their only child, Allie, at Earlham College in Richmond, Ind. , to begin her freshman year.

On New Year's Eve 1957, while he was overseas, his wife and only child were killed by a drunk driver in an automobile accident.

Margaret Truman, left, the only child of Harry and Bess, pursued a career as a singer during the period her father served as President.

His only child, an 18-year-old son, was taking a nap inside when the entire building collapsed on top of him.

Besides being an honor student and only child, Michael Stone continued to help his parents with their farm chores.

They r easy to feel lonely at home, because most of them r only child.

Since she was an only child, her parents pandered to her every whim.

It is possible that Kangkang's father was the only child in his family.

And I was the only child of parents, from the traditional Chinese view, I will return to the back side of the parents.

Congmin records some bedtime stories for his only child, Renjie, as he learns that he may die within a few months.

Michael Corleone was the youngest son of the Don and the only child who had refused the great man's direction.

She said she still worries about possible lingering health problems even though her daughter, an only child, seems much better.

Sometimes we pray as if we were the only child God has.

If there is no entity declaration that matches, an empty text node is attached as the only child of the entity reference node.

He was the only child in the class who could be rude to the teacher and get away with it.

The only child of a wealthy Ford Motor executive, Williams amassed 2, 000 toy soldiers in his parents' thirty-room mansion as a kid.

Jane Fairfax was an orphan, the only child of Mrs. Bates's youngest daughter.

I was an only child, accustomed to empty spaces filled comfortably with my own silence.

The only child until now, sitting quietly, listening to a different voice teachers in the classroom familiar to reverberate.

An only child, Ms. Brooks grew up in a middle-class family in Chesire, England. Her father died when she was young.

He is the only child who has not received initiation. He is already cooperating with you in the best way he can. Who can share his pain?

I can't remember the last time you invited me to your house for coffee though my wife is godmother to your only child.

his sham pride and independence, and the sham tears in his bleared old eyes when he talked of his only child.

That room was so much a part of our lives over the many years that Jeff had been our only child.

During our conversations I learned that he was an Israeli who had settled in England and was an only child.

He had no relation for he was an only child and, being solitary and silent, he had few friends.

My parents support me to work abroad very much. Although I'm the only child in my family, I would like myself to be independent.

Of course, part of the reason we assume only children are spoiled is that whatever parents have to give, the only child gets it all.

She's a beautiful woman of noble birth, the only child of her parents' old age.

Meanwhile, Congmin repents for what he has done and plans to leave more money for his only child.

Methods Comparing the temperament characteristic of collective living children in Welfare Compound with the only child.

My mom is an only child, and the house is sort of amazing; it's in a lot of books on the Arts and Craftsmovement.

Is it better to be an only child or to have brothers and sisters? As with so many issues, there are pros and cons on both sides.

As far as Betty was concerned I was an intruder, since she considered herself an "only" child, and she was jealous.

'You get to have sleep overs, ' says Carina Kroff, 7, one of the only-child Friday Night Club members.

May I say that the practice of the only child has both advantages and disadvantages?

As Huan Zang was his wealthy parents' only child, the parents wanted him to get married early so they could have grandchildren.

When a poor man is to lose his only child, he likes to have an inkling of it beforehand.

As the only child in their house, they've been preparing to shoulder responsibilities since childhood.

I'm the only child and I live with my parents in Rabat, the capital of Morocco.

In the background of the tragic story was the ugly divorce that had strained Gerald's relationship with his only child.

Although not the only child at home, but the squad leader for many years of experience I am independent and have their own ideas.

One proposal is to widen that to allow two children if just one of the parents is an only child.

But she hated herself anyway, for what she thought she had done to her only child.

No president of the United States was an only child.

And for many families, investing in an only child's education is the best guarantee of being looked after later in life.

But the loneliness and depression of the only-child adolescents always went up during the ages.

Secondly, today's university students, most of them are the "only-child" , who are more mentally frail.

Since parents and their only child are often very close, limits-testing and rebelling can come as more of a shock.

China today, most of the kindergarten children are the only-child, to . . .

Secretly, I meditated on the bliss of being an only child with a room all my own.

First, since I am the only child in my family, my parents don't want me to live far from them.

They are both the only child in their family. Their parents aren't against their being together, but both wish their kid being at home.

Chinese graduates, most of them the only child of their family, are among relatively privileged members of Chinese society.

As an only child he was the idol of his parents.

Ivo Dutra has a heart-wrenching reason for ending what he calls the "permanent battle" in Lima's streets: He lost his only child to it.

China's birth-control policy makes almost all the post 80s to be the only child.

But after the only-child adults mainly aimed at the problem of personal financial planning, lack of empirical analysis.

How could he answer it to himself to rob his child, and his only child too, of so large a sum?

Wang: Well, being the only child of my parents, I certainly get a lot of attention.

During childhood, when I told others that I was an only child, the other children all envied me.

Family planning officials, who enforce the limits on family size, are encouraging couples who lost their only child to have another.

I always wanted to be an only child so that I could always do what I wanted and so that I wouldn't ever have to share.

But there's a twist: In a surprising number of cases, that precious only child is unwanted, says divorce counselor Ming Li.

Narrator: So the King and his queen watch with heavy hearts as their most precious possession, their only child, disappeared into the night.

Elizabeth was his only child, the light of his life.

Tommy, an only child, had always been happy, cooperative and an excellent student.

Quiet and driven, Lucas is the only child of a single working mom.

Here is another story. There was a rich man who was selecting a husband for his only child among a multitude of pursuers.

Despite the fact that she is the only child in the family , her parents never baby her .

A new node is created first as the only child of the container node.

I'm an only child who has yet to have kids, and I was planning on telling them I'm pregnant with twins.

Chinese nuclear family usually consists of the parents and the only child.

I am from Liberia in West Africa. am the only child of my parents and am studying law in the university before my parents past away.

in cities , upwardly mobile couples call their precious only child xiao tai yang , or " little sun , " as in center of the universe.

Those only-child experienced parental warmth, understanding, excessive interference and protection.

Results: the only-child children only children and college students in some projects and marriage differences.

A Chinese nuclear family usually consists of the parents and the only child.

She was born in 1988, an only child in a nation with a one-child policy.

I was an only child, and I was daddy's little girl.

Although I am the only child of my parents, I am by no means a spoiled one.

She says she needed more and more kids to compensate for her growing up an only child in a "dysfunctional" home.

God! That Mother is so tough on her only child.

Many parents wishfully think their only child is a child prodigy. Education experts say 90% of these children are merely normal kids.

Susan: They don't care, but my younger sister is thrilled. She likes being the only child.

But it seems long on the drawbacks of being an only child and quotes individuals who may have problems for myriad other reasons.

In 1986, he married his second wife, who had given birth to their only child a year earlier.

"Miss Havisham was an only child? " I hazarded.

The Edsel was named for Edsel Ford, the only child of company founder Henry Ford.

Results Nursing professional male students in the only child had significance(P05).

As an only child myself, I had a certain fellow feeling for Laura.

A successful only-child makes big purchases for his or her parents and supports them in old age.

Males are expected to be breadwinners while females rear a family's only child.

Most of my students are the only child in the family.

Ordinary Chinese are coping with a 4-2-1 inverted pyramid, four grandparents to two parents, and all the responsibility of an only child.

Mei is an only child whose stable, middle-class family life is torn apart as her parents careen toward divorce.

So he is the only child in her family.

She and her co-author, Douglas Downey are sociologists at Ohio State's Marion campus, and neither is an only child.

Even harder than hearing that news was breaking it to her only child.

I was born in a small town and I was a only child.

Parents wanted to make sure that their only child was a boy to carry on the family name.

I remember, also, being the only child in the class without my family.

Nowadays some parents always try to meet their only child' every single request.

China is implementing a family planning policy. So I'm the only child in my family.

Although I am the only child of my parents, I am by no mans a spoiled one.

It is very nice to be the only child; you don't need to share or grab things from others.

It can be easy to spoil an only child.

Douglas said his son, his only child with his first wife Diandra Luker, is a "tough kid" but he still worried about his welfare.

If you buy your child a car, add that in as well. For an only child, add 25% to the cost.

Parents say it's important to rein in the impulse to be an only child's constant companion.

My fondness of English has been developed since my childhood. Being the only child, I was lonely, with no one to play with.

Some parents are also to blame for spoiling their only child and lavish money on their only grandchild, the federation said.

Kaitlyn: Oh lucky me then, since I am the only child! I get 20 dollars of allowance each week, my parents think I am adorable.

The widow lamented the death of her only child.

If you have no brothers or sisters, you can say: I'm the only child or I'm a single child.

But, Hannah, an only child, possessed a more adventurous personality.

I am the only child in the family; however, I am not the so-called spoiled child.

That reality has cast parents like Li into an agonizing limbo -- waiting to discover whether their only child is alive or dead .

I will always love my beloved and only child, and with each story I will have wonderful memories of when I told them to him.

For the sake of this family, for the sake of bringing up Lingzi, the uncle has sacrificed very much to raise his older brother's only child.

Xiao Ming: No younger sister either, I'm the only child.

I am only child, at home and I did not speak.

What are the benefits of an only-child family and the family with more than one child?

There, too, she buried her only child, a troubled daughter who had died giving birth to a stillborn son.

But as an only child, I've always kind of envied this whole sibling thing.

As the only child in the family, Xiaoming can get anything he wants.

With fewer competing voices and no sibling rivalry to complicate matters, it can be easier to give an only child a vote in family decisions.

An only child, Mr Maehara attended both high school and the prestigious Kyoto University on scholarships.

I'm the only child in a family of five.

Nearly every college student grew up as an only child, and it's easy for them to be selfish and wayward, Sun said.

I'm the only child in my family, without any brother or sister.

I grew up as an only child, with a single mother.

So, you are the only child in you family.

An only child, Dmitri has always expressed a quasi-tribal loyalty to the Nabokov name, but that is not the whole story.

The prominent reciprocation exists between ground source and only-child.

6 the only-child parents and relationship between, than in families with many children in some stronger.

The widowed elder man looked on with satisfaction as his only child became an experienced art collector.

My mother was an only child.

He is the only child in his family who has not obtained a college degree.

I'm from Chonqing, wan zhou province, I am the only child in my family, I am very lucky, grew under my parent's care.

Shortly after the birth of their only child, Tania, Etienne died from chest wounds at the Battle of El Alamein in October 1942.

In order to provide a bright future for the only child, many parents or grand parents show too much love to them.

Most of us is the only child of the family and we are the apple of parents' eye.

I am the only child in my family, but I am very independent.

He is an only child, and the idol of his parents.

I do not do well in this respect as I am the only child in my family.

Father and daughter have rarely discussed it since. Melissa, an only child, loves her dad.

I started singing about three years ago, says the Canadian native who grew up an only child in Stratford, Ontario.

I don't have siblings, because I am the only child, therefore, I must be strong and be self-recover and self-educate.

Will Marsh - 'I was raised as an only child, which really annoyed my sister. '

And some are policing gift-proffering grandparents to fight that old stereotype that an only child is a spoiled child.

Mister and Missus Lederer had their first and only child, Margo, in nineteen forty.

In the Haggard canon, Harry Quatermain is an only child.

A. So you are the only child in your family.

You are the only child in your family.

Xiao Zhe, a 26-year-old computer engineer in Beijing, is an only child whose parents live in his hometown of Chongqing.

Is it fair to say that I, in a sense, am an only child?

It is difficult for me to imagine being an only child because I grew up with four brothers.

Hard by a great forest dwelt a wood-cutter with his wife, who had an only child, a little girl three years old.

The reduction of traditional Wushu's colony has direct relation with Olympicas's strategy, social develepment and Only child's education.

John is the only child of Bill.

Su Hai: So you're the only child in your family.

there were dramatic sexual and only-child differences in some parents' rearing factor scores.

What are the difficulties for the post-1980s only-child youth in taking care of their parents?

Chandler, as an only child, you don't have this.

Their four-year marriage ended in ugly accusations, media frenzy and custody battle for their only child.

is a fourth grader in Tokyo and an only child of the family.

Even though my wife is godmother to your only child.

I am the only child in my family, but instead of being spoiled, on the contrary, I am very independent.

fill one's need: satisfy one's need He is the only child in the family, so the parents are trying their best to fill his needs.

With the need for security5 in their old age, parents want their only child to marry well.

Judy was their only child and naturally they doted on Judy's children.

You're the only child in your family.

Kevin: I'm the only child.

Like most of my schoolmates, I have neither bothers nor sisters-- in other words, I'm an only child.

Jimmy is the only child in the family.

It was there that the couple's only child, Prince Alexander , was born on 2 July 1903.

'No one wants their only child to work in a factory, ' said Mr. Li.

lavish care on an only child.

No, my parents are not partial because I'm the only child in my family.

brothers and sisters? No, I am the only child.

I am the only child of my family.

So for those of us who, whether by choice or by circumstance, have an only child: What is the best way to raise one?

Helen is the only child in his family.

Growing up an only child, she longed for siblings.

So what's your view on this matter? Is it better to be an only child in the family?

I don't have brothers or sisters. I am the only child in my family.

There's a surge in interest in new ways to parent an only child.

I'm an only child, but my boyfriend's brother added me as his sister.

Paul is the only child in his family.

An only child, he has faced trouble before because of his brainpower.

It is valid to add or remove a read-only child from a node that can be edited.

Monica: Chandler, you're an only child, right? You don't have any of this.

I am the only child of Joel and Julia Hetman.

My daughter, Jane, only child .

In 1994, Jackson married Elvis Presley's only child, Lisa Marie, but the marriage ended in divorce in 1996.

Carlos Saladrigas's parents had sent their only child to the US.

After counting down for nine years, I was finally an only child.

their only child, their pride and joy.

He is the only child in the family.

I am the only child at home children, father and mother both work in Jiangxi.

How to bring up the only child properly has stirred up much controversy in china.

Parents are willing to go to great lengths to ensure the students - in many cases their only child - perform well in the exams.

Does Wang Fang enjoy being an only child?

And behold, a man from the crowd called out, saying, Teacher, I beg You to look upon my son, for he is my only child.

Let's say you were born in China. You're an only child. You have two parents and four grandparents doting on you.

I am an only child, and music allowed me to get to know people.

In November 1893, Clara gave birth to their first and only child, Edsel.

'Being an only child is a neat way to grow up, ' Dr. Pickhardt says.

How to bring up the only child stirs up a lot of controversy in china.

May I ask if you're an only child? Wang: Yes.

Because of China's strict population control laws, many parents lost their only child.

There are three people in his family and he is the only child.

I was living the life of an only child and loving it.

I don't have any brother or sister. I'm the only child.

How to bring up the only child triggered many debates in China.

We all felt for the parents on the loss of their only child.

No, I haven't. I'man only child. howmany people are there in your family?

Not only are they the family's only child, but they are also the family's center of attention.

The parents are looking for their only child.

I have neither brothers nor sisters. I am the only child in my family.

I am the only child in my family.

I am a ten-year only child from Dong Guan and my school is right behind me now.

I am an only child, my parents are very kind.

Many people think an only child is lucky because of the material goods and attention he or she receives.