{"id":130697,"date":"2024-10-13T18:10:36","date_gmt":"2024-10-13T18:10:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/10\/13\/only-child-syndrome-explained-why-theyre-not-just-weirdo-loners\/"},"modified":"2024-10-13T18:10:36","modified_gmt":"2024-10-13T18:10:36","slug":"only-child-syndrome-explained-why-theyre-not-just-weirdo-loners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/10\/13\/only-child-syndrome-explained-why-theyre-not-just-weirdo-loners\/","title":{"rendered":"Only Child Syndrome, Explained: Why They&#8217;re Not Just Weirdo Loners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/l.lj-toys.com\/?auth_token=sessionless%3A1728842400%3Aembedcontent%3A3616053%262144052%26%26%26youtube%26fi6h06kP6dE%3A2e3be3150aa04013e64985780f2a841cf011683b&amp;source=youtube&amp;vid=fi6h06kP6dE&amp;moduleid=2144052&amp;preview=&amp;journalid=3616053&amp;noads=\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" class=\"lj_embedcontent\" allowfullscreen=\"\" name=\"embed_3616053_2144052\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>From Friend&#8217;s Chandler to Gilmore Girls&#8217; Rory (&amp; Lorelai &amp; Paris &amp; Lane&#8230;) to The O.C.&#8217;s Seth Cohen to New Girls&#8217; Schmidt and beyond, being an Only Child can be&#8230; interesting. There\u2019s just something about only children that makes them stand out\u2026 Spoiled, self-centered, weird, and lonely \u2013 growing up without siblings shapes them in a way that makes it hard for them to fit in. Or, at least, that\u2019s what movies and tv seem to want us to think. Only Child Syndrome is a long standing trope \u2013 both on screen and in real life \u2013 that suggests that being the \u2018only\u2019 sets you up for a lot of problems throughout childhood and into your adult years. But is that actually true? Let\u2019s take a deeper look at the traits associated with Only Child Syndrome versus the reality of what it\u2019s like to be an only kid to find out why everyone\u2019s convinced it\u2019s such a miserable time, and if it really spells doom for anyone growing up solo. <\/p>\n<p>timestamps:<br \/>00:00 Intro<br \/>00:58 Spoiled &amp; self-centered?<br \/>04:36 The real reason many only have 1 kid now<br \/>05:12 Gilmore Girls &amp; the many different types of only children<br \/>07:23 Weird &amp; Lonely?<br \/>08:26 Being surrounded by adults<br \/>10:06 Why only children cherish their friends so much<br \/>10:55 Suddenly no longer the only (for better or worse)<br \/>12:39 Only doesn&#8217;t have to mean all alone!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fi6h06kP6dE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">source<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com\/129357040.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Friend&#8217;s Chandler to Gilmore Girls&#8217; Rory (&amp; Lorelai &amp; Paris &amp; Lane&#8230;) to The O.C.&#8217;s Seth Cohen to New Girls&#8217; Schmidt and beyond, being an Only Child can be&#8230; interesting. There\u2019s just something about only children that makes them stand out\u2026 Spoiled, self-centered, weird, and lonely \u2013 growing up without siblings shapes them in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":130698,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-130697","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130697","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=130697"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130697\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/130698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=130697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=130697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=130697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}