Raising an Only Child: The Research, The Myths, and The Choices We Made

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.

One Child or More? The Decision Nobody Tells You Is This Complicated

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 led us to say no.

Are the Myths About Only Children Still True?

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 to have more than one child still runs so deep.