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Know your kid Being the only child on an all-adults tour isn’t going to work for every kid.
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Christine Sarkis, USA TODAY, 20 Oct. 2024
Emilio, their only child, died of leukemia two years later, in the arms of his mom and dad.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, People.com, 15 Oct. 2024
Brooke has no father, and Asher’s beloved daughter, his only child, died at her desk at Cantor Fitzgerald in the 9/11 attacks.
—Laura Miller, The New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2024
Presley, 54, was the only child of rock icon Elvis Presley.
—David K. Li, NBC News, 8 Oct. 2024
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Christine Sarkis, USA TODAY, 20 Oct. 2024
Emilio, their only child, died of leukemia two years later, in the arms of his mom and dad.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, People.com, 15 Oct. 2024
Brooke has no father, and Asher’s beloved daughter, his only child, died at her desk at Cantor Fitzgerald in the 9/11 attacks.
—Laura Miller, The New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2024
Presley, 54, was the only child of rock icon Elvis Presley.
—David K. Li, NBC News, 8 Oct. 2024
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“Only child.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/only%20child. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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