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Raising an only child: Busting the myths about being spoiled, entitled and lonely!

Are you raising an only child and worried that they may be lonely, may not learn to share and be spoiled?

If you'd like to learn more about:

1. Where the myths about only children came from

2. The research on only children when compared with children from larger families and how only children fair when it comes to:

  • Academic achievement, 

  • Intelligence, 

  • Sociability

  • Character and the 

  • Parent-child relationship

Then join Dr Rosina McAlpine, family wellbeing and parenting expert and the many families on the Insight TV show on SBS hosted by Kumi Taguchi

 

Bring your tissues - you'll laugh, you'll cry and you'll learn as families talk about their only children and the struggles they've experienced and overcome and Dr Rosina reveals where the myths come from and the research that shows across all developmental outcomes, only children were found to be indistinguishable from firstborns and people from small families and more.....   Read full article here. Episode appears on SBS 3rd September 2024 and you can watch below.






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