Imaginary Friend Names: A Starter List

How to Explain to Your Peers That You’re a Totally Normal Ten-Year-Old Even Though You Hang Out With Adults Most of the Time and You Kind of Like NPR Now

Cousins! A.K.A. Your Pretend Siblings for the Holidays!

How to Not Try at All and Still Be the Favorite

Fun Quiet Solo Games for When Your Parents are Having an Important Grown-Up Conversation So Could You Please Play In Your Room

Fun Quiet Solo Games for Literally Every Day of Your Childhood

They Didn’t Give You Siblings So They Can at Least Give You This One Thing: Harboring an Effective Guilt Trip Throughout Adolescence and Beyond

Precocious Observations to Make at Cocktail Parties Where You’re the Only Kid, Before Passing Out on a Stranger’s Sofa at 8:30 PM

Epilogue: Your Parents Will Love You No Matter What But Also You’re Their Only Opportunity to Have Grandchildren So There’s That!