A personal blog about raising one child, shaped by lived experience, research, and reflection.
Only child myths still paint children without siblings as lonely, spoiled, or socially disadvantaged. I looked at where those stereotypes came from, what current research says, and why the pressure
This post is a personal account of how we approached deciding whether to have a second child, and why our circumstances, health history, and the support we had available eventually
What does research actually say about raising an only child? This post looks at the evidence, the questions it raised for me, and the choices our family made in response.