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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]People who say "no" are delusional.

I don't know any family where having a second kid didn't impact the first one.

They definitely get less attention from parents. Most drop out of some of their activities or never do the ones they wanted to because driving them to those is hard with a little kid in tow.  There is less money to spend, so they miss expensive camps, expensive activities, sometimes they lose private school education.  I could go on and on.  [/quote]

And this is bad for them because....?  Any kid who thinks they are entitled to a private school education or expensive camps or activities is pretty darn spoiled.  I'd argue that not having your parents say yes to everything because you are their sole focus is in fact better in the long run for a child.  I know some only children who got everything they ever wanted from their parents and they are complete terrors as adults -- they just expect the world to revolve around them, and that everyone else's needs and wants to take a backseat to theirs, as that is how they grew up. (This is not every only child, I know). [/quote]

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