/ Source: LiveScience
1 With smaller families all the rage these days, some parents may worry over the consequences of having just one child.
2 New research suggests that, as teenagers, only children fare no better or worse in social skills than adolescents with siblings.
3 "I don't think anyone has to be concerned that if you don't have siblings, you won't learn the social skills you need to get along with other students in high school," said study researcher Donna Bobbitt-Zeher, assistant professor of sociology at Ohio State University's Marion campus.
4 Bobbitt-Zeher and Ohio State professor of sociology Douglas Downey are scheduled to present their research Monday at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association in Atlanta.
