I grew up as the only child to a single mom. I want my kids to have siblings to bond with so they won't be lonely.

But it's not all bad news - while they seem quite negative, the traits can be turned around and lonely kids can make healthy, resilient adults. Parental loneliness is soaring, and it's definitely ...

In an America that is more divided than ever, the coming reign of the only child might just be what brings us back together.

The last thing any parent wants is to become estranged from their kids and end up lonely and isolated as they grow old. Yet, this has become more common as each generation places increasing ...

He was a really lonely kid." Junod says that Musk survived the bullying in two ways. The first was that a sort of mental escape provided to him by his family. The Musks talked about themselves as ...