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[quote=Anonymous]While I don’t think your child “gets a say”, I think its important that you, as the parent, knows how they feel about another sibling and use it to make YOUR decision. I find so many people have these weird, idyllic ideas about how siblings should interact simply because they are borne of the same two people. So, knowing how they feel lets you set up your parenting strategy differently from the get go. So have, or don’t have a second child FOR YOU, knowing that your first child is a completely independent person. They may or may not like having a sibling, and that’s their right as an autonomous human being. Don’t go in to it with the idea that they're going to be magical friends who play with each other for days on end, while you watch their room. Go in knowing you may have to deal with them each separately, play with each other separately, and that your oldest might feel for her whole life that the other child has “cut into” her time with you. [/quote]
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