El Hijo Unico

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Summary: My only child my only guide
Review: Finally someone has come up with a hands-on easy to read and apply book on the only child. As mother of an only child I have found so many answers to my questions in this book regarding behavior , support , confidence and stimuli that I now see my child from a very different angle . I am no longer afraid of the only child stigma I know my only child has everything to be succesfull and prosper.
It shows the stregths as much as the weakness of the only child, and how to control them.
I really want to encorage all only child mothers to read this book. It will change the way you and your child see the future.

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Summary: A must read to get some peace of mind
Review: For reason that I found extremelly odd, most of my aquaintances, nag me for my decision to stick to just one child. I mean why do they care about my decision. I am not limiting their reproduction options.

Obviously their speeches come supported by opinions that they believe to be universal truths, such as: (i) That all only children are ill tempered and problematic, (ii) that they will never learn how to share (iii) That his life will be lonely and depresive, (iv) that they are extremely dependent and some other rubbish.

This book with solid research and analisys shows that an only child can be as happy, mature, respectful, caring, sweet and independent as any other kid with sibblings. The outcome depends as with any other infant, in the quality of its upbringing.

Futhermore, the book indicates that an only child do have much better chances to grow as a self assured and caring person that those kids with sibblings, because they are hardly ever compared with other kids, they receive much more attention and quality time from his/her parents, jealousy and the quest for preference is basically non existent as they lack of any "competitors".

So if you are a parent of an only child this book provides excellent data and support to send any possible guily trip about your reproductive decisions, and those who feed it, to the trash bin.