Libby Zimmerman, an early childhood consultant, explores the negative stereotypes of only children and reflects on her experiences being an only child and raising an only child. Despite decades of research pointing to the contrary, there is still a lingering suspicion that only children are spoiled, asocial, and maladjusted. The author traces the evolution of this stereotype and describes her personal experience of its untruth. She describes how, growing up, she found larger social connections through her extended family of aunts, uncles, grandparents, and cousins. The experience of raising her own child profoundly affected her own professional development. She describes how she and her husband negotiated the difficulties of coparenting and child care, and their conscious efforts to give their son, Sam, connection with cousins and other extended family. The article concludes with her son's own description of the importance of cousins and other extended family in his life.