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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My DD16 is an only.  She has not been very happy about it, but I never married and couldn't imagine being a single parent to more than 1.  I considered adopting during her pre-school years because she wanted a sister so badly (I was preoccupied with my own mess and didn't give her enough attention).

I would say that she always had friends over on weekends, esp as she got older.  We've even had her friends go on vacation with us.  It's just now in the past 3 years that we now do everything together and she doesn't "need" a friend at the house, or she at their house all the time.  It's nice, but if I had to do it over, I would adopt a little girl a year younger than DD when she was about 4.[/quote]

Do you think this has anything to do with your particular circumstances being a single parent and with your DD's particular personality (e.g., a tendency toward extroversion)? I know parents of more than one child who report the same thing because one of their kids strongly dislikes being alone, the kids don't get along well or have different social needs, etc.

FWIW, our only child loves playing with other kids, loves playing with each parent individually and with both together (which are two different things), and also does very well playing alone. I'm not sure the situation you described generalizes to all families.[/quote]

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