Some Curious Facts About Only Children

  Until only about four or five decades ago, only children were a rarity. Most families took the Bible’s advice seriously to “be fruitful and multiply.” In fact, it didn’t seem to make much sense to build a family and only have one child. This led to the creation of a series of prejudices around them. However, due to economic and social factors, and in particular to changes in the role of women, the trend is reversing. Consequently, whereas only children used to be the exception, now they’re more the rule. Indeed, it’s believed that up to 40 percent of…