Only children do not have poorer social skills, and they are not more selfish or narcissistic.
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Only children’s cognitive development by age 11 is more affected by things like their parents’ relationship and wealth than whether they have brothers and sisters.
China limited families to one child from 1980 to 2015 to curb population growth. The policy paid off economically for the country, but it left couples whose only child died grieving and impoverished.
Only children are no more likely to be narcissistic than anyone else.
