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[quote=Anonymous]Parent of an only. I have three siblings. I don’t derive support or companionship from my siblings, and in a couple instances they’ve made me feel less supported and less a part of my family (bullying, exclusion). My DH is closer to his sibling than I am to mine, but again not a source of support. His sibling has struggled quite a bit in life and mostly my DH has been in the support role. I know some people derive companionship and support from siblings; it just hasn’t been our experience. This did partly drive our decision to only have one, but not because we assumed our kids would not have a good relationship. Rather, because we don’t have particularly supportive families, we decided to stop at a number of kids we felt we could handle with any family support. For us that was one. We can’t give our only siblings as a support network, but we have a happy, functional family life and she gets lots of support from us. We are at least glad that we can offer that.[/quote]
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