Do you have only 1 child?
By JessicaD
@JessicaD (115)
United States
November 15, 2006 9:20pm CST
Do you have only one child? My husband and I do and we have agreed that we don't want anymore. We both wanted a boy and that is what we had, we don't feel any need to have another one. My son turned two in Sept and now family and friends are constantly asking when we are going to have another one. When we tell them that we are not they start telling us all the reasons why we shouldn't have a only child. The biggest one is that he will be a brat and completely spoiled. What are your thought on single child families?
5 responses
@peizli (1000)
• Australia
16 Nov 06
You shouldn't be pushed into having more if thats what you and your husband have decided and your son will only become a brat if you let it happen. Good luck! By the way I only have one boy too!
@DragonLover (69)
• United States
11 Aug 09
I only had one child as well, knew before he was born that he was going to be my one and only. There is nothing wrong with wanting only one child!!!!! As for him becoming a brat - hogwash - it is all in how you raise the child. I know of families that have 3 kids and they are all brats - out of control, do not mind, no discipline. If your child is raised with love and discipline then you won't have a problem. However what one perceives as brattiness is not what another might perceive in brattiness. And as for the spoiled business - if a child is raised to value and appreciate what he has, even if he may have more than others, than I do not consider this to be spoiling. Again it is all about the values you raise him with. And in keeping with my other statement - being spoiled to one is not being spoiled to another. Sometimes those that view things one way are viewing it because they see something perhaps wrong in their own lives.
As for those family and friends constantly nagging - tell them that you are more than content with your family as it is and having a child to meet their criteria doesn't work for you! And the family - tell them be happy that they got that one child to love, spoil, and appreciate!!!!! I know I do :)!!!
