Sat 28 Aug 2010
They Won’t Have Siblings
Posted by Alicia under Only Child Myths, Only Child Parenting, Only Child Truths
1 Comment
Many of us have heard, “but they won’t have siblings.” My answer is, “so.”
I have gone through the myths and sufficiently address why they are incorrect or invalid. Giving a sibling to your child is NOT a good reason to have another child – I don’t care who you are! The main “concern” is that only children lack social skills. This is simply not the case based on research released by Ohio State University on August 16, 2010. There are 3 articles I found that discuss the issue at length. I linked to all of them because the viewpoints are slightly different as are the comments at the end.
Growing Up Without Sibs Doesn’t Hurt Social Skills
What Difference do Siblings Make?
An Only Child is Not a More Lonely Teenager
Happy reading!
September 1st, 2010 at 12:16 pm
I have so many examples around me of people with siblings that don’t get on, or that are at best indifferent to each other. Sure, if you’re lucky your kids will love their sibling and they will be best friends. But the chance of that happening is no greater than the chance of your child being happy as an only. Siblings don’t always “help each other” when their parents are older. Only one of them usually gets to take responsibility for the parents.