'Only Children' aren't strange beings from another planet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Just buy something age/gender appropriate. Or would you think there's different gifts out there for children from large families, blended families, single-parent families, etc. etc. They don't seperate them out that way at Toys r Us.
I was an "only" and I'm dearly sick of the stereotypes people are so quick to place on us. We're "selfish, spoiled, don't want to share, etc. ........."
Well, let me tell you what its really like being an "only'. There's never anyone around to play with. Vacations usually consist of car trips to elderly relatives' houses, where the most interesting thing is the cat or dog. You're expected to eat a whole cake, dozens of cookies, bags of candy, etc., because dear Aunt Mabel "made them just for you". Heaven forbid you don't eat enough sweets to choke on or they get mad. Obviously, they don't know what to do with a little kid but feed her sweets, and when that runs its course then they get mad because they don't know what else to do. I guess that's "being spoiled". Insofar as "not wanting to share toys", well, I just died for friends and companions when I was a child. I gladly shared my toys just to get friends to come over. However, there's so much jealously on the part of other kids from large families that they usually would break my toys just for spite. Funny, I could have something for years, put it in the hands of a kid from a large family and its a piece of trash in five minutes! Then if I protest I'm just a "selfish, spoiled, only kid". However, no one ever tolerated my breaking their things.
My observations of people from large families has been that they are the selfish, grubby "hogs". I guess they grew up fighting for every little thing so that's how they interract with others. Too many pigs at the trough! No, large families aren't the Waltons. As an "only" I was lonely, victimized by so-called "friends" and tormented by "well-meaning" relatives. Only children are CHILDREN!!!!!!!!!! Just get the "little weird-o" the same thing you'd get a child from a large family. It will end up in the trash in a few weeks, regardless, toys are so cheaply made nowdays.
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