My comment was in response to the above situation, When it exists en masse. I was not commenting on individual children who are currently in such a situation or were in the past. I am particuarly concerned about when the majority of adults are ONLY children and these generations reach old age and find themselves with no extended families, a deceased spouse and one or no children, a circumstance also discussed briefly, by the author.
I realize exactly what the article was discussing - however the discusion had drifted away from the article itself and that was the reasons for my comment.
BTW - I stopped using an "s" in my name when I was 13 - I'll be 45 next week ;)