I'm an only child.  No siblings.  Just me, myself, and I!
Did you enjoy being an only child, or do you wish you had siblings?
Even though the term generally applies to those who've never had siblings, I actually have.
Which term are you referring to?  I am confused.  Do you have siblings or not?
Well throughout history, only children were relatively uncommon.  I thought it'd be interesting to be one of those.
I see, you are saying that the preference was to have many children if possible and a single child was considered uncommon.  I wonder why that was?
Well it's different in China, where from 1979 to 2015 the one child policy restricted most parents to having only one child.
Why did China restrict parents from having more than one child?
to the country.
From 1979 to 2015, the one-child policy in the People's Republic of China restricted most parents to having only one child, although it was subject to local relaxations and individual circumstances (for instance when twins were conceived).
Families may have an only child for a variety of reasons, including: personal preference, family planning, financial and emotional or physical health issues, desire to travel, stress in the family, educational advantages, late marriage, stability, focus, time constraints
have ideas. I never had time to dream about being anyone else. I had to work. I haven't just sat back and thought of myself or my ideas or what I wanted to do ... I've kept working. I don't have time to worry about who I admire or who I identify with. I never had it easy. I'm not at all like you ... all those people who had it easy."
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