Reply to Guilt over having an only child

Forum Index » Elementary School-Aged Kids

Reply to "Guilt over having an only child"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous]Sigh.  I get it OP.  We went back and forth for 5 years on whether we wanted a second, finally made the decision that we were going to go for it, only to find out it's essentially impossible.  I'm lucky that my son (6) seems to not want a sibling.  He has never asked, and was relieved when his cousin got a baby brother and I told him he would probably never have a baby sibling.

Even so, it's hard to see families with more than one kid and think of what he might be missing.  For instance, we usually get together with family and/or friends for Easter, but this year people had other plans and I'm thinking...an easter egg hunt is sort of lame with just one kid, you know?  He will still have fun, but that second kid adds a built in playmate.

But like others say, there are many benefits too.  In my family of 4 kids it was definitely 2 different worlds - the adult world and the kid world.  In our house, its the 3 of us.  I'm hoping that continues into his adulthood.  Having parents who can also be friends later in life is a gift that I never got.  [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics