In two recent decades, the number of one-child families has been documented to be the quickest on the rise. Proponents of more-than-one-child families proffered an opinion that the chances of bringing up an overindulged child are ominous in this type of families, while others hold that inhabiting in one-child families positively impacts adolescents' demeanour. Below are some merits and demerits of being a single child in this household type.