What 'Only Children' Bring Up The Most In Therapy

HuffPost spoke with therapists about recurring themes among adult only children in therapy, including feelings of isolation from lacking sibling relationships and pressure to be solely responsible for aging parents' care. Therapists Altheresa Clark and Rebecca Greene suggested building close friendships that function like family and planning elder care early with professional help.

The piece notes only children now make up about 20% of U.S. households with kids, per Pew Research Center, even as stereotypes about them persist. Clark and Greene also described a tendency toward perfectionism, with only children sometimes feeling their every move is watched by parents focused solely on them.

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