Parenting

There are some Myths about the ‘Only Child”.

Lauren Sanders makes some observations on the ‘Only Child’

I am sharing my views on this subject and her observation are provided after that.

I was the last child for my Parents.My sister and brothers were old enough to be my Parents , they were married before I was born and were living in other cities from our Home.

1. I was brought up, for all practical purposes, as ‘only Child”It is not not necessary for parents to have another child to make a child’only child’,it is the way he is brought up.

I am amazed at the fuss my Daughter and daughter in law make and the efforts they put up in bringing up childre,

My son and son in law are not far behind.

My parents did not spend ‘quality time, as fancy terms indicate, with me.

I used to take food as it was given to me without any any attempt to feed me(after I was Three),went to school on my own without parent’s accompanying and generally did what a child is expected of, playing on the street till called Home(fro 630 am to 8,430 pm to six pm).

I never felt alone and was always busy.

Never have i felt that I was being brought up differently.

I am given to understand that I mix with people freely and easy to get along with.

But as Myth would have it I should have been an introvert, reserved and difficult to get along with; I am not.

This nails the myth that ‘only child’ is lonely, difficult to get on along with and is prone for maladjustment later in Life.

2.I have not been pampered.

I f I want something I used to ask my mother, which will be conveyed to my father,by her.

If he can not afford it, he would call me and say that he could not afford it.

My tantrums would be of no avail.

This has not made me adamant and cantankerous in my later Life.

3.Being the ‘only child’ has not made me any more selfish than any other child.

I am selfish as any other child and my daughter tells me I am selfish especially i