A shout out for the "only child"!

You always hear things about the "only child".  Spoiled rotten, can't share, selfish, inflexible, demanding, blah, blah, blah.  I am an only child and I am none of those things.  Well, maybe demanding sometimes but I prefer to call it being assertive.  My son is also an "only child" and he is wonderful.  I'm not saying that because he is my son, he truly is wonderful.  At 14 years old, he still gives me hugs and kisses in front of his friends.  He still thinks it's cool to ride around with me, too!  We do like to crank the tunes, although I can only take so much Tech Nine; there's maybe 2 of their songs don't offend me.  He still cuddles on the couch with me and I can still guilt him into going to Wal-mart with me when Shawn won't.  Every single year in grade school, he was invited to the "New Student Ice Cream Social" because he always befriended the new students and kept them as his friends (I do think there was a little ulterior motive....).  They always, in turn, invited him as their friend to the social.  Going to Parent-Teacher Conferences, the teachers always talk about Koby's willingness to help other kids (sometimes disrupting others) and his awareness of other people's feelings.  He is also funny as hell.  One of his friends wrecked on his bike, then just laid there.  Koby flew the bird right in front of his face and asked him how many fingers he could see!  How clever is that?  Hopefully I don't sound like one of those parents that puts a beer can in their baby's hand, snaps a picture, and thinks it's the funniest thing ever (yuck!!!), but really, that's pretty funny.  Even though he is my 14 year old "only child", he is one of the best people I know.