I
recently discovered I was part of a group of individuals that have something
significant in common with each other and, interestingly, this group is made up
of some pretty notable people.
Sharing
the singing talents of Elvis or Frank Sinatra would be
cool, but that's not what we have in common.
I don't
have the presidential significance of Franklin Roosevelt or the creative
genius of Leonardo da Vinci and, without question; I don't have the same
funny bone as Robin Williams.
It's true
we are a group of individuals that grew up as only children.
I just
mentioned a small impressive list, but check out this hefty list of other famous only children. Like Betty White, Carol Burnett and Brooke Shields to name a few.
Only children
are, in many cases, the product of economic concerns. Family size has been
shrinking since the 1960's and the number of only children has doubled in the
last two decades.
So many
myths and stigmas have been attached to an only child. The most common is that
only children are spoiled.