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There is a stereotype of the only child (egocentric, tyrannical, etc.), but does this cliché correspond to reality? Studies on this topic have not found any particular characteristics of only children (Almodovar 1981). It is true that childhood experiences are different for only children, but we can imagine that relationships with parents and then with peers would create a strong psychological variability among these children.

In China, the one-child policy in particular led to the belief that these only children were “little emperors”, corresponding to the stereotype.

Male only children received fewer positive evaluations than female only children. In particular, they were found to be at greater risk of obesity.

Evaluations of only children are better after the implementation of the one-child policy in 1979 than before, but the policy has just changed.