how important is it to have a second child?

Answer 1

a second child is only important if you only have 2 kids. if you have 3+ then the second one is forgotten, treeted like durt, unloved, and abused. believe me I know. this is what happened to me. I am the second child in my family. and I wish that my mother had aborted me.

Answer 2

I think it is very important for the child's devellopment to intereact with siblings. My mother was an only child and she always said she missed having a brother or sister and spent a lot of time alone growing up as her parents were busy people making ends meet.
My son is an only child, unfortunately (long story) but I feel guilty sometimes when I can't give him time to play when he asks me when I am busy. Sometimes he seems a little lonely when the neighbours kids aren't around. It took him longer to adjust socially with other children because of the lack of day to day interaction. He is quite self reliant though and good at entertaining himself although I still feel sad to see him playing alone.
I wish I had more children

Answer 3

as an only child myself i know what it is like to be on your own all the time, so i am having two (trying for second now)
friends are not the same growing up and the same with other family members, they cant bet having a brother or sister.

i was a child and then a young adult as i have to learn every thing myself and fast, the only other people i had around morning and night was mum and dad.
family and friends have to go home

if you have the money to have two and that's want you want do it don't think about it.

at the age of 33 i still miss having that bond growing up, when my parents die I'm on my own i will have no one no brothers no sisters

Answer 4

It's how important it is to you, if you have a place in your life for a second child then go for it.

Answer 5

This is more a question you and your partner should answer. It's different for every couple. For example, it was very important for me and my husband to have a second child, for many of our own reasons...but not everyone may feel the same way.

Answer 6

i reckon for the first child its very important, the child wont be spoilt, and will have a play mate, someone to talk to share things with...also if you are gonna have a second child dont live the age gap too long...i am a middle child and my older sister is 6 and a half years older then me, and she HATED me for years....its only been the last couple of years that we have gotten on better and i can call her for chats and vice versa....she is 31 and i am 24....if you are having a second have it say with in the first 2-3yrs of your first born....good luck

Answer 7

Second child is more important as the first child enjoys his childhood only with the second child otherwise the single child ruins his childhood amongst adults who are always curbing his freedom as a child. He can laugh openly with the second child, they both fight and develop themselves. They learn to care and share and they are very good company to each other. A single child is possessive, arrogant, indisciplined or suppressed becomes selfish as he/she gets all the attention of the adults. But single child does not enjoy the childhood.

Answer 8

It totally depends on you. If you were a single child and always wanted a sibling then maybe you would like a sibling for your only child. You have to see how it works out for you. It's to be discussed between husband and wife and not because someone else says so. Good Luck.

Answer 9

its only as important as the person having the child thinks it is

Answer 10

A child for you brings life and the second child adds sense to your life. Mere life without sense is no use. None of us are immortal. You older child needs companion even after your life. It could be none other than his own blood bondage, how much every they have fought in their childhood. I guess you would provide your older child a company thro' the life.

Answer 11

Depends if you want one. An only child can grow up just fine, just as a second kid could be nice too.

It's really up to you.