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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In the past week I think I've been a part of at least three conversations in which parents of only children are judged. I just don't understand how it's considered okay to do this. [/quote]
It is not ok.  I am 1 of 4, DH was 1 of 5. We decided to have only 1. Because we had very ineffective parents who allowed bullying among siblings, chose "favorite child" , among may other issues, which we do not go around explaining every time we hear bs. 
We were married 10 years before having dd. Many friends/family/other mothers made a lot of very obnoxious comments about us only having one. 
like,   You are not a REAL parent, you NEED to have my kid over for a playdate to your house because your kid is lonely on the school holiday (oh & i have to go to work, so could you pick up/drop off Jr), well you don't understand, you don't have to worry about college expenses, you brought dd that- you are making the rest of us look bad, and many, many more.

My dd is now grown. Great social skills, no student loans, great childhood....my only regret is that I didn't have more children because I thought favoritism and sibling rivalry was inevitable (which I now realize is not true) and I hated the idea that dd does not have siblings to help her deal when both of us die (although when my parents & in-laws died-there was no true support or love among siblings.)
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