I really like to please people, and I think it's a symptom of being an only child.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
As a teen-ager I was constantly trying to please people, which I guess is true of all adolescents.
People make me feel like I have a problem because I haven't had a kid yet.
I've always felt this, from when I was growing up to now with my son Riley. We don't let them be little. I was not a normal kid, but I had a sense of innocence far longer than we let kids.
It is definitely somewhat a crutch of feeling that you have to please others in order to be accepted.
I think I am a child. Everything blows my mind.
I'm an only child, and I can take all the attention you manage to pile on me.
Sometimes it's a bizarre, fairly cold, and horrifying thing to be a parent.
When little kids come up to me, I'm a fully-grown adult, and that's always weird to me.
I was an only child for 16 years. I didn't realize it at the time, but that experience definitely turned me into a people pleaser. I always tried to do what was expected of me, and I constantly sought reassurance from the adults around me that I was doing a good job.
Every child is taught if you try to please everyone, you end up upsetting everyone.