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[quote=Anonymous]One of the greatest gifts you can give you child is a sibling.  The world doesn't work according to only children, one isn't always the center of attention, the one that gets to pick first, the one that gets to make the decisions, the boss.  For us, it was a major factor in having a second, but both of us have 3 or more siblings. It is a major life skill learning to deal with other people, people you may to necessarily like all the time and/ or have same interests.  Learning to resolve conflict and compromise is important, sure you get this at school to some degree but in my kids' school the only children really stick out as the ones who have problems with this.  I had a roommate in college who was an only child, she was miserable to live with, super bossy and it had to be her way all the time or she had a fit. My MIL and her own mother are BOTH only children, and now that the great-grandmother is widowed and very ill, my MIL has no siblings, cousins, aunts or uncles to help, NO ONE.  It is an incredible burden on her and very heartbreaking.

I understand all the reasons to have one child, sure it can be easier, cheaper, more time, energy and resources can be given to one child than divided, but frankly for us, the pros of adding a second really outweighed them.[/quote]

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