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Title: The Only Child : Being One, Loving One, Understanding One, Raising One by Darrell Sifford ISBN: 0-06-097288-2 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 24 January, 1990 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.38 (8 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Thought provoking
Comment: As an "only child" raising an only child, I found this book very insightful and thought provoking. It gives the parents of an only a lot of issues to think about and evaluate. If you are looking for a specific fix for a specific problem, this is not the book for you. However, if you are raising an only child and want to know what issues you need to address, this is a book for you. Also, I think that being an only makes you realize how sensitive and important the issues this author discusses are. If you're not an only child yourself, you may not be aware of how these issues will affect and define your only child.
Rating: 4
Summary: From an only child's perspective...
Comment: I grew up as an only child as this book accurately reflects the thoughts and feelings I had growing up and now today as an adult. I found myself laughing and sometime crying because I had many of the same experiences and the author. The book was given to me by my spouse and helped me look at myself and the things that I do which may adversely affect others.
Rating: 1
Summary: Very little real information, mostly the author's own angst
Comment: Ugh. I bought this book b/c my child will be an "only," and I hoped for some input on how to avoid some of the stereotypes attached to only children. Instead, the author seemed intent on using this book as his personal journal through which he explored his own issues from childhood. [yawn] It got pretty annoying pretty fast.
The author starts out by trying to say that the stereotypes about only children aren't necessarily true, and he gives a good argument that sometimes children develop traits for reasons other than their lack of siblings. He suggests that some stereotypes exist because -- once it's discovered that a child is an only -- people stop looking for OTHER reasons that a trait or a situation might have developed.
Unfortunately, after this promising beginning, the author blathers on interminably with a series of "I have All in all, I thought this book was useless, except maybe as a catharsis for the author's own shortcomings. [sigh] It certainly didn't offer any practical advice for raising an only child or addressing some of the pitfalls they face. Thank you for visiting www.AnyBook4Less.com and enjoy your savings!
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