an only child

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

It can be easy to spoil an only child.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

My mother was an only child.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

lavish care on an only child.

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

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?

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.

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

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

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

Does Wang Fang enjoy being an 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.

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

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

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

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.

Okay, yes, granted, I am an only child.

Do you feel lonely as an only child?

Carolyn White's The Seven Common Sins of Parenting an Only Child, for example, has been translated into seven languages.

After my brother and sisters flew the coop, I frequently traveled as an only child with my parents.

Now Yugong's neighbour was a widow who had an only child eight years old. Evening the young boy offered his help eagerly.

Is your father an only child in his family? How many siblings does he have otherwise?

Are you an only child?

An only child, alone and wild A cabinet maker's son His hands were meant for different work And his heart was known to none

Today, I sent a 'Happy Birthday Dad' text. I got a reply saying 'who is this? ' I'm an only child. FML.

Difficulties and Solutions in Rewards for Parents with an Only-child in Underdeveloped Rural Areas

Rick is an only child, her great-grandpa is still living. Rick

Well, she'll tell you she's an only child

Advantages and Disadvantages of Being an Only Child

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an only child to take the blame

My father was an only child, and didn't really care about having a large family,

But at the same time, you can refer to an "only child" node without having to subscript. For example