Only-Child Syndrome
Only children are often seen as having the best of both worlds. Not only do they get all of their parents' attention and love, they also don't have annoying younger siblings to take care of or bossy older siblings to listen to. However, this isn't always the case. Just like middle children, only children have their own complexities and stereotypes.
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As we all know, perfection is nearly impossible to achieve. But, if you will, imagine what would happen if you finally did achieve the ideal of perfection on a wide scale—a perfect world, a perfect race, or a perfect victory. What happens after? It has to stay that way forever, or by definition, it won't be perfect anymore. So it never changes, which is presented by the narrative as a bad thing. It might be mind-numbingly boring, someone might refuse to accept any change imposed upon it, or it might be flat-out impossible to change, leading to some
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