One-child households havedoubled over the last two decades making it one of the fastest growing family units in America. Expert Carl Pickhardt aids families in understanding the common traits of many adult “onlies”--like shyness, perfection, and intolerance--so that they can better prepare for potential outcomes. He also celebrates the positive qualities of only children and how to encourage characteristics like thoughtfulness, creativity, and ambition. Pickhardt shed new light on issues that many only-child families encounter such as: -attachment problems
-conflicts between only child and parent
-performance anxiety
-unusually high personal expectations
-feelings of entitlement
-dependence
-problems with risk-taking В With aВ distinctive focus on long-term effects,В this book will help refine and improve daily parenting methods.В Parents willВ welcome theseВ insightful guidelines for the formative influence they wish to provide.
THE FUTURE OF YOUR ONLY CHILD ALSO BY CARL PICKHARDT The Connected Father: Understanding Your Unique Role and Responsibilities During Your Child’s Adolescence For his other books, see: www.carlpickhardt.com THE FUTURE OF YOUR ONLY CHILD How to Guide Your Child to a Happy and Successful Life Carl E. Pickhardt, Ph.D. Unless otherwise attributed, all quotations used are fictional, created to reflect concerns similar in kind to those that clients have expressed to me in counseling over the years. Any resemblance to real persons or situations is purely coincidental. THE FUTURE OF YOUR ONLY CHILD Copyright © Carl Pickhardt, 2008. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied i