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[quote=Anonymous]We don't get to give our children everything. I also have an only, and also would have liked for him to have a sibling. But it didn't work out. I have given him two parents who love him, a dog, a stable home, the tutoring he needed for his learning disability, and the indulgence of his love of sports. Oh, and thousands of games of Uno, Sleeping Queens, and catch. You have given your child life and family. You don't owe a child a specific kind of family - that isn't part of the deal. You do owe it to your child to work through your own regret and sadness so he doesn't feel it. Saying he is lonely is different than him saying "I wish my family was different." I was lonely, and I had siblings. It sounds like he does have cousins and extended family? You can always make sure he has bonds there, so that family feels bigger to him.[/quote]
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