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Single Child Stereotypes Persist

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The big idea: why it’s great to be an only child

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As of last year , Statista states there are now 3.7 million one -child families in the UK just over 45% of the total.

By 2031 half of all UK families will be raising just one child.

Having siblings comes with benefits, in terms of plenty of unsupervised interactions.

But it also has drawbacks, including childhood jealousy and less access to parental attention.

Only children may one day soon become the norm.

The stigma has eased greatly, but lingers on for some in the form of niggling doubts.

For children, the most important thing is not how many siblings they have, but how they are parented.

Happiness and wellbeing depend on many factors.

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