Carl Pickhardt: This only child is the first and last child that these parents are going to have, and it's the only chance at parenting they get, so they really want to do it well and right. And with only children families rising, it's something parents don't need to worry about. However, with only children, there are some social adaptions you will want to put in place.

Oh, the Wangst.. Expect some people with Only Child Syndrome to have a few subtleties. One being, “oooh, that explains it,” and the other, “you don’t act like an only child.” This is attributed to the idea that you suffer from what’s been coined only child syndrome (OCS). Symptoms are selfishness, inability to comprehend other …

Only children always want to get their way, can’t share and are generally selfish—or so the long-held prejudice goes. The phenomenon that occurs when a house usually bustling with sibling activity is suddenly – thanks to camps, or vacations, or extended playdates—transformed into the home of a lone child.
You moms know what I’m talking about? "Only child syndrome is not real. If you’re an only child, it’s very likely that you would have heard at least two statements of judgement throughout the course of your adult life. It most commonly infects only children, but in some rare cases people with siblings have been known to have the disease. If you’re dating someone who’s an only child, then you’re already aware of some of the characteristics of only child syndrome.

If you don’t know anyone who’s an only child, that isn’t necessarily a bad thing. Only child 'syndrome': how do siblings, or a lack of them, affect your personality? Most examples of Parental Abandonment in a World of No Grandparents also feature Only Child Syndrome. But there's a new wave of research that says these perceptions are completely untrue and subjective.

Is only child syndrome even a thing?

Not all people get along -- not even if that person is your parent or child. Characteristics of only child syndrome Hall described only children as spoiled, selfish/self-absorbed, maladjusted, bossy, antisocial, and lonely. Below are a few misconceptions and truths about adults who grew up as only children. Only-children are exposed to more adult conversation and may receive more parental attention. I dated an only child, who had a great relationship with her father but a horrible one with her mother. Only child syndrome is the myth that only children are lonely, selfish, spoiled, impatient and maladjusted.

Hence, the only child part. It's something people attribute to kids who don't have siblings and display negative behaviors," says Joshua Rosenthal , Psy.D., licensed psychologist and president of Manhattan Psychology Group.
Only child syndrome is a label given to people who don’t have any siblings. Only Child Syndrome is a terrifying disease to those who approach the infected.

Only-child syndrome is, in all honesty, the thing I like most about summer. According to recent research, however, these claims are overstated.