Can someone give a list of pros and cons of being an only child from experiences?

Question

Can someone give a list of pros and cons of being an only child from experiences?

Answer 1

Pro: More attention from parents, better toys, get to stay up late (sometimes), as an older child parents would respect what I said because I would act more as an adult than a child.

Con: Always looking for friends.  My bedroom became a prison.  Because of a 10 and 12 year gap, when I did get brothers I became a live-in babysitter.  Since my brothers played with eachother I was once again alone.  To this day I'm not sure I know how to love even though I been married 3 times and have 5 children (all mine).  Currently with my 3rd wife I get periods when I'm more comfortable being alone.

Answer 2

I think that really it is how you make it your self. Some pros may be that your parents are focused on you when it comes to children so that way you don't have to share the light with a younger needier child or an older bratier one. a con may be the lonliness at some times. there are times when both of your parents are working or out and that you could be home alone where as the television is boring, friends are busy, nothing to do on the computer and you are too awake to sleep. That has been my summer basically. It stinks sometimes but you have to make it your way... it can be good or bad.

god bless

Answer 3

Miss Annie, I have the answer to this question!!

Pro:                                        

Parents all to self                      

Don't have to share toys            

Most presents are yours            

Tend to be precocious                

Strong parental ties                    

Strong verbal skills

Con:                                              

Parents all to self

Really alone when grounded                                                              Even Christmas can be lonely

Didn't fit in with peers - my language was too advanced

Not well socialized - unable to share, cried at teasing

When a parent is angry there are no siblings to diffuse anger

Very lonely

Often difficult to find independence

Answer 4

Pros: Spoiled Rotten

Cons: Spoiled Brat

Pros: no bothersom bros and siss

Cons: boredom

Pros: everything is yours

Cons: you hate to share which in turn makes people not like you too much

Answer 5

Cons I cannot think of any...

Pros growing up alone, not having someone to share your experiences, not having a confident from blood yeah you have your friends but they grow apart and siblings are forever. You are not going to have nieces and nephews and a brother or sister in law....

I was an only child for 17 years and because i was always by myself i had to learn to play by myself and I truly believe that is why i am so shy and a person with few friends...then my sister was born but more like my sister she was like my daughter...LOL

Answer 6

Pros

Your parents can give you more since they don't have to split christmas, birthday money, etc.

No annoying siblings, sharing computers, TVs, etc.

when you can drive, you don't have to share the vehicle with siblings

you can be more independent

no siblings live with you to rat you out to your parents

cons

if you really need someone to talk to, but then again, that's what friends are for

you might be selfish, but if your parents teach you better, you won't

Answer 7

Pros

- Attention

- Bring more friends over

- More love

- Can have a bestfriend that is like a sister/brother

Cons

- Might get lonely at home

- No one to grow up with, unless you have neighbors

- No one to share memories with as a child, unless you have a close childhood friend.

Answer 8

im not going to make a list, but i'll give you a con. its really hard to get away with things. my mom is always in my business. if i had a sibling, more attention would be towards them, and i could get away with more.

Answer 9

Pros:

*more attention

*more money available to be spent on you

*You learn to take care of yourself (especially when your parents work full-time jobs - when I was little my mother worked a job where I could only see her about once a week, and my father was working full time, so I had to amuse myself)

*You don't have to be bugged about setting a good example for your siblings.

Cons:

*more attention (lol, sometimes a person just wants to be alone)

*no siblings, which can sometimes mean getting bored or just *when friends aren't available, not having anyone to hang out with

*With a sibling, you learn to take care of others

*At the same time as not being bugged about setting a good example, you end up not really paying attention to how your personality is developing.

But yeah, I suppose you pretty much choose how you become.

In fact, I just wrote a really long post about how the choices we make affect our personalities/lives. This might sound like blatant self-advertising, but here's the post (not linking to the blog, just the post)http://happyfacesrock.blogspot.com/2008/...

I hope in whatever situation you're in, you find that you're at least kind of happy with it..... because there really are pros and cons to everything.