Only children have been stereotyped as spoiled, selfish, and socially inept for over a century. But research shows these beliefs are nonsense. Only children face NO significant personality differences from kids with siblings, except stronger parent-child bonds. What they DO face: concentrated expectations, intense parental focus, and unique developmental considerations that look different for daughters vs sons in ways research has completely ignored. Here's what parents need to know about raising only children, what the science actually shows, and the massive gender research gap no one's talking about.

Everyone tells you separation anxiety is normal and your child will grow out of it. But what if they don't? What if the "good behavior" everyone's praising is actually your child's nervous system shutting down to survive? Here's what's really happening underneath separation struggles from infancy through school age and the stage-by-stage method that builds genuine capacity instead of forced compliance.