The Only Child Myth

I am 47 and am an only child. I've always wished I had at least one sibling. You have to do what works for you and your family. Not all onlies grow up spoiled and selfish. When I see my two daughters together, even when they fight, I know that they have a bond that only sisters can have and they will always (hopefully) have each others' back. I envy that.

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Here we go again! I am an only child and quite proud of this. Yes, I was doted on by my parents and was given the finer things of life.. As a result of this, I appreciate the finer things of life and obtained an education and a career to obtain these things. I did not miss having siblings. Only children are mature beyond their years because we socialized with adults, not other inane, retarded children.

Children with siblings, especially those in large families, are more immature and feral. Children with siblings often lack class and manners and they misbehave more because they are in the company of children more. Children from large families have no sense of self which only children have. Because I received attention as a child, I do not seek it now. Some of the most attention seeking people I know come from large families. Madonna is very attention seeking and she comes from a large family. A coworker I knew always demanded attention and preferential treatment in addition to being very egottistical and she was the oldest of six children. A neighbor of mine continuously asked me to compliment her and she was the middle of nine children.

The only children I know could not care less about attention because we received so much of it as children. I can be described as very low keyed. Only children do share with their parents and friends. There are many people with sibilngs, especially those from large families, who were forced to share so much in their childhoods that they became extremely selfish as adults. I can name quite a few.

Only children are fine and are beneficial. Only children are beautiful and sincere people. Only children are not backstabbers and backbiting as children with siblings are. Only children are not bullies and are well behaved people who are joys to be around. Only children are smarter than other children because we had more intellectual and cultural tools at our disposal. Furthermore, us only children are not as manipulative in daily relationships and play games as people who have siblings do. Only children are superior in all aspects. Some of the kindest and most giving people are only children e.g. Betty White and Jerry Lewis.

At least only children do not have the pathologies that people from large families have. Children from large families tend to grow up poor and/or in poverty. They have less than anyone else. They score lower in intelligence tests and academically. Oldest children in large families do not have childhoods but are unpaid, live-in butlers and maids for their younger siblings. Children are more likely to be neglected in large families as the parents cannot give them individualized attention that parents from small families give their children.

Children from large families grow up in an impersonal and institutionalized setting which makes them suitiable to be either in the military or in jail. Studies show that children from large families usually end in gangs or indulge in delinquent activities. Girls from large families usually become pregnant while they are teens and have the highest incidence of teenage pregnancies.

Children from large families seldom attend college and/or other higher educational institutions of learning. They usually end up in menial, dead end jobs with no prospect of promotions Children from large families are born poor and end up poor. Pretty picture, isn't it ! Being an only child rocks but being in a large family sucks to heaven.

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