In this review, I will discuss an article “Only child – Lonely or selfish? (2013) by Laudren Sandler. Because, given the human impact on a fragile environment, limiting family size makes more sense than ever, this article is an affirmation of what so many families consider to be a completely reasonable path forward. This is also an interesting article for people as an only child and for others' perceptions of the only child. I agree with the author that the classic negative stereotypes of only children being spoiled, rotten and selfish are generally false simply due to many different reasons and circumstances. In 950 words, the article is divided into thirteen paragraphs. The first two paragraphs are the introduction to the author's opinion and the main discussion of the article: only children are not like how people usually thought of them. The body has ten paragraphs providing the theories on the above mentioned issue as well as the evidence. The last paragraph is the conclusion which closes the article by reaffirming his opinion. In the articles, the author argues that having siblings does not guarantee a "better" childhood and does not automatically make children better-adjusted adults. Instead of presenting a more nuanced understanding of each person's individual differences, it seems that Lauren Sandler is simply trying to replace one set of stereotypes about only children with another, diametrically opposed and "positive" one. Each old stereotype she stated is followed by strong and convincing evidence contrasting and giving rise to a new and different thought about the personality of the only child. By providing proof of the theories through statistics and documents...... middle of paper ...... only child or not in society, but this topic is very interesting and causes a lot of concern among most people these days. While reading to get an in-depth understanding of this article, I also found other research on the same topic worth reading, for example: “Only children. Research says yes, society says no” by The Shake (2013) and “Only child's stereotypes: Fact vs Fiction” by Susan Newman. The article, according to the author, is rather subjective. She provided factual information based on some research (but it remains controversial) and her own experience. She also knows how to focus on the main topic and her point of view throughout the article. In general, this is a good article for people of all ages to have a good opinion on how many children a family should have and think about how to raise their own children..