# @smeharbinger on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Ci0FuKzu9eX
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/22490785-smeharbinger-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/6080eae767.jpg
- **Posted:** 2022-09-22T15:23:22.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** The Harbinger (@SMEHarbinger) — https://gondola.cc/SMEHarbinger

## Caption

In 1896, a now out-of-date psychologist named Stanley Hall created the term “only child syndrome,” labeling only children as “disease-ridden.” He described their traits as spoiled, selfish, bossy, antisocial and lonely. 

As an only child born long after Hall’s time, his ideas still influence how I’m treated. The most common comment I receive is, “Wow, you really don’t seem like an only child.” For years I never thought much of it — in society it’s so normalized for only children to have negative stereotypes floating around them. 

To read the rest of Paige Zadoo’s opinion story visit the link in bio. 

#storybypaigezadoo
#socialmediabyisabelbaldassaro
#designbykaimcphail
#photobysajna

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