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Decades-old myths about only children continue to affect families

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The proportion of only-child families has doubled since the 1980s but negative stereotypes about only children persist — despite them being based on flawed research from the late 1880s.

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Why A "Low Effort" Family May Be Just As Toxic As A High-Conflict One

TikTokOne of the greatest opening lines in all of literature probably comes from Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina: “Happy families are all alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” There are, indeed, lots of ways dysfunction and trauma can rear their ugly heads. Many people might immediately think about high conflict families — lots of yelling, fighting, or even overt, angry abuse. But sometimes it’s not quite that dramatic. In a recent TikT…

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Decades-old myths about only children continue to affect families

The proportion of only-child families has doubled since the 1980s but negative stereotypes about only children persist — despite them being based on flawed research from the late 1880s.

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