ONLY CHILD PAST ISSUE CONTENTS Volume 5, Number 2/3INTERVIEW WITH JOE REEGAN: Twenty-two-year-old Joe Reegan is an only child who was raised by a single mother. Joe recently graduated from college with a major in finance, but he has no intentions of becoming an investment banker. That's just too safe for him. Instead, he hopes to make it as an actor. Totally focused on his goal, Joe has no fears about venturing into a world more vicious than the one inhabited by bulls and bears. PRESSURECOOKER: Are you pressuring your only child to do more and do it better? We all want our kids to succeed, but only children are already pretty good at pressuring themselves. Dr. Carl Pickhardt explains why we need to give only children more room to breathe. And he tells us how to do it. AN INDIAN PERSPECTIVE: India comes to "Only Child". Deepti Goel writes about how she and her husband are defying Indian customs by deciding to have one child. The Goel's are determined, in their own small way, to help control India's continuing population explosion. CALL ME AL: If you ever meet only-child Al Pacino just don't call him Michael. He hates that. After Al played Michael Corleon in the Godfather movies he couldn't walk down the street without someine yelllng, "Hi Michael." Acting was Al's ticket out of a dysfunctional family life. BOOKMARK: Single Parents-Only Children: So many children are being raised by single parents it was inevitable that someone would write a handbook for them. Linda Foust, author of "The Single Parent's Almanac," knows how to give overworked parents a helping hand. She provides answers to questions parents are often afraid to ask. ONLY ME: Kimberly Saunderson has had it with people who don't respect only children. She fights back and lets everyone know why being an only child has been the "greatest." GROWING UP ONLY: We interviewed Brittani Morris two years ago when she was twenty-three. Since then she has left her job and enrolled in graduate school. She has just begun to reflect on what being an only child has meant to her development as an adult. COPING WITH DISASTER: In response to the tragic events in New York we are providing information from the Child & Family Guidance Center in Northridge, California to help parents handle children's fears and anxieties following a disaster. BOOKMARK: PARENTING AN ONLY CHILD: Social psychologist Susan Newman debunks the myths of raising an only child. This new edition of a "must have" book balances the latest statistics and resources with personal insights and anecdotes. DEAR ONLY CHILD: Only Child answers your questions and offers advice. |