hii, im doing a essay on why its an advantage to be an only child, and why its a disadvatage. Also why its an advantage of having siblings and why its a disadvantage. give me your opinions. thanks.
2007-05-15 17:50:52 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Family & Relationships ➔ Family
my daughter is an only child and she askes me all the time for a brother or sister. she picks them out at the park. she will come up to me holding a strange girl/boy's hand and say "can this be my brother/sister". i feel bad and wish i could help her out, but i am divorced and broke, so she has to stay an only child. i myself had 2 brothers and hated them growing up but love them now (in our 30's)
2007-05-15 17:55:24 · answer #1 · answered by eb 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am an only child and I can tell you that it SUCKED! Yes, I had all the toys and love to myself, but I had no one to fight with except my imaginary friend. I made sure that I had 2 children, a boy and a girl. They despised each other during their preteens and teens, but now they would kill for each other. Whether there is one child or 12, there will always be advantages and disadvantages. I think it has a lot to do with how the parents treat the children. (favor one or the other; ignore all of them)
Good luck on the essay.
2007-05-16 03:24:14 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
One of the biggest advantages of being an only child.Is you don't have to compete with only one else for mom and dads attention.You get more toys and gifts.Because they only have to buy for one.One of the biggest disadvantages is.You get kind of lonely.You don't have a big sissy or bubba to watch over you.And when you get older and mom and dad are gone.You are all alone.Even if you have married and have kids.You still feel like you are lost and have no family.You feel orphaned.Having siblings is good because you always have someone to look out for or to look out for you.Having siblings is also bad.Because you have to share everything.There is more people in the house.And you don't get has much privacy.A lot of people think that only children.Are more spoiled and don't know how to share.That isn't always the case.I have a 9 year old who is an only child.And he is always willing to share what he has with everyone.
2007-05-16 18:13:09 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would think that there are some disadvantages of being an only child. You have no one to confide in, no one to fight with, no one to share secrets with, no one to talk to at night when you are in bed and supposed to be going to sleep. You don't have to learn to share items such as clothes. You don't get the pleasure of being yelled at to hurry up and get out of the bathroom because some one else has to use it ( this happens when there is only one bathroom and more that two people in the house. A sibling can teach you something that they learned in school.
The advantages are you get your own room - don't need to have to share. You don't have to share toys, etc. Simply take away having a sibling and you don't have any of the above -Hope that makes sense.
I had twin sisters who were younger than me when I grew up - while we had our differences, it was good to have them around at times and especially now. My one sister is 48 and just found out she has macular degeneration. So, if she needed me - I would come running.
2007-05-16 01:07:33 · answer #4 · answered by Su-Nami 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In my opinion and experience only children tend to be more spoiled and not know how to share. This includes understanding that love does not have limits. My MIL is an only child, and when I married her son she seemed to think that his love for me would displace her in his heart. Anyone who has siblings knows that mom and dad love you just as much as your brother or sister, and that love is not diminished by the presence of another person. I have never been an only child (I'm the middle of three), but I think having siblings is a good thing. You learn how to share living space, you learn to work as a team very early on (I'll sneak the cookies while you keep an eye out for mom), and really, your siblings are the only people who know how truly crazy your parents are. I told my husband that I would not raise an only child even if we had to adopt to have siblings.
2007-05-16 01:02:30 · answer #5 · answered by n2mama 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well a good thing about being an only child is that you get more attention then you would if you weren't an only child.
2007-05-16 00:56:05 · answer #6 · answered by an0nym0us 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋