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[quote=Anonymous]A lot depends on how they were raised and the personality they were born with, so not all adult only children have the same traits. But there's one type of only child that expects everything they want and expects the best of everything. They live with adults so if they want all the olives at dinner because they like olives, the parents give them to them. There's no sibling who also likes olives so they don't have to share. The parents can afford really expensive clothes and experiences for them because it's one kid and they expect the parents to sacrifice for them in a way that most parents wouldn't expect a sibling to sacrifice for them.

DD has a teenager only child friend who is going to be a handful. She took one of my younger kid's last tomato off her plate and ate it because "I like tomatoes and that was the last one." She gets jealous of my younger kids getting attention when she wants something and it's a constant problem when she's at our house because I won't drop another kid I'm helping to cater to her desires and she resents waiting.

I don't think all only children are fated to this outcome though. Parents can teach their kids to share, not automatically give the kid the parent's share of things just because they want it, and not drop everything the second the kid wants something. I don't mean make a hungry baby wait, but if you're eating lunch then your 6 year old kid can wait a few minutes for you to finish before you go do whatever activity they want to do. If you're having tomatoes at dinner and your child wants them all, you can tell your child that there are three people and everyone shares the tomatoes. Teaching your kid that other people have wants and needs that they have to respect goes a long way.[/quote]

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