Lately I’ve become very aware of how my childhood as an only child has impacted my life and why I am the way I am today.

One example is friendship. I’m sure many can relate to having trouble making and maintaining friendships. I’m an introvert and I enjoy/need my alone time, but I still want to have friends. I realized recently just how many walls I have up when it comes to friendships.

Another one is my relationship with discipline and confrontation. Bless my sweet mothers heart, but growing up an only child I was definitely coddled. My mom rarely disciplined me and I never got in trouble my entire life. Being an only child also means I’m very independent. I realized that I have a lot of trouble with people telling me what to do or confronting/disciplining me in any way. I am a grown adult and I know I have to learn to be ok with these things.

Anyways I would be interested to hear others that may relate. I have never really had a chance to talk to other only children about how it impacts them as adults.