The truth about single children with parents. What the specialists say

What is the only child syndrome in parents?
Such preconceived notions have arisen over time due to the fact that in the past families had more than one child not because they would have chosen this, but because there was no effective means of contraception.
Families with one child were much rarer in the past, but this situation has become increasingly popular with the advent of contraception. The child without siblings was an exception in the past, and many people considered this situation to be negative for the child’s development. Thus came the idea that a child alone with his parents is selfish, egocentric, does not know how to share, and considers that he should always be liked.
Can single children lose important social skills to their parents because they do not have a brother or sister?
“Children alone with their parents have many opportunities to socialize, especially when they go to kindergarten or school. Interacts with other children during classes, extracurricular activities, and other meetings and events.
For young children, play meetings with other children, preschool programs, camps, excursions, shows, children’s parties, etc. it offers enough opportunities for socializing, ”says psychologist Duval Tsioles.
Do single children feel more alone with their parents than children with siblings?
Are brothers the best friends you can have in a lifetime?
We all know that kind of sisters who talk for hours on the phone and complete each other’s sentences.
Equally often we encounter situations in which relationships between brothers are marked by quarrels, distance, and dissatisfaction.
Are children alone with more selfish parents?
“The stereotypes created around children alone in their parents have, in fact, more to do with temperament than with or without having siblings. Some children, whether they have siblings or not, are born with intense, reactive temperaments. These children feel stronger and react more intensely to the situations they face. So when something happens or things don’t go the way they imagined, they tend to have strong reactions, which can seem like a form of selfishness.
When they are single with their parents, this type of personality is attributed to the status of a single child with their parents, without taking into account their temperament “, says the psychologist Duval Tsioles.