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by on January 30, 2010

Only Child Experience and Adulthood by Dr Bernice Sorensen

Only-Child Experience & Adulthood

Published by Palgrave 2008

This book presents accounts of the experience of growing up without siblings across the world. These stories offer a range of only-child voices which speak of the challenges and differences only-children face throughout their lives.

The stories were collected through interviews and this website and they give witness to the lives of adult onlies. The complexity and multidimensional nature of the private, personal and public worlds of the only-child are discussed from a social and psychological perspective.

The book also offers important insights for people in the helping professions working with child and adult only-children. Above all the book demonstrates the importance of witnessing and existential validation for only-children whilst providing understanding to help guide parents and partners of only-children.

CONTENTS:
Introduction

PART ONE: TRANSCENDING THE STEREOTYPES
The Politics of the Only Child
The Research Framework
Co-Researchers’ Stories
Only-Child Voices

PART TWO: A MULTIPLICITY OF VOICES
Research Data and the World Wide Web
Stories from China and Taiwan
Life-Stories Life-Stages

PART THREE: IMPLICATIONS FOR THERAPY
An Only-Child Archetype: A Folk-Tale
The Only-Child Matrix
Gathering the Threads

Details
•    Hardcover: 256 pages
•    Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan (27 Feb 2008)
•    Language English
•    ISBN-10: 0230521010
•    ISBN-13: 978-0230521018
•    Product Dimensions: 21.6 x 14 x 1.8 cm
•    Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars