0_Apprentice
hey! I'm not an only child, I have 3 siblings, but I've always wondered about only children and why they're so weird??
1_Wizard
An only child has no siblings; therefore, I think they learn how to socialize in different ways.
0_Apprentice
I had a friend who was an only child and he was very shy and kept to himself a lot. Are there any advantages to being an only child?
1_Wizard
I mean I guess they get a lot of attention from their parents. The term only applies to people that never had a sibling.
0_Apprentice
Yeah I know. Is there any research that says that only children are more likely to grow up to be criminals or anything like that?
1_Wizard
I'm not so sure. But I do know that the proportion of families with only children increased during the Great depression, naturally.
0_Apprentice
Right, because all the babies died? is that what the great depression was about?
1_Wizard
A lot of people died due to financial hard times. It was the longest and most widespread financial depression in American history.
0_Apprentice
whoa, sounds intense. that was just a few years ago right?