Characteristics Of Being An Only Child

I grew up an only child, without a brother or sister to look up to. Although I have a large family with many cousins, they all go home after the party. Then I would be alone, but that was all before I found my Friends.

On top of this, my parents always specifically looked up to me for being a leader in the house. The reason for this is, my parents knew very little English, and needed assistance with almost everything they would do. Also, I am the first child; the child that has to fall and learn from the mistakes without any older siblings advice or wisdom. Because of this, I make sure that once I learn the most efficient and effective ways of doing tasks, I then pass it down to my younger siblings. I make sure that they learn from my mistakes and accomplishments, while doing my best to lead them in the right direction to attain

I used to be very self-centered and outspoken around my family. When I became a preteen, I started to worry more about what my peers thought of me, and I often would apply the looking-glass technique. I started to gain a more negative self-concept since I thought others perceived me as weird, but luckily this idea went away as I got older. I realized I needed to be nicer to my parents because they only want what is best for me. Playing games with me when I was a child must have been horrible.

I have always been the youngest. I was the youngest of a rather large family of seven. My parents, then two girls, then three boys. Me being the last of the boys. I was five when it all began. I was living in Sheffield, England and my parents had been thinking about adoption for a little while. One day when we all met in the conservatory for devotions, Mom and Dad walked in purposefully and started devotions by saying,”Kids, we have been thinking about adding a member to our family. We want to adopt.” The room got quieter and everyone was still while Mom and Dad waited for a reaction. I had absolutely no idea what in the world that meant, but the word sounded sharp so I liked it. I quickly learned that it meant “finding a kid whose parents couldn’t take care of them, and bringing them into our family and making them our son, or daughter, brother or sister.” I liked the idea and was all for it. Mom and Dad warned us that it would not be easy to adopt. We discussed the what it would take and what it would mean for us. I’ll admit I didn’t understand most of it, but I did understand that I was getting a new sibling, and that some things would change. If I only knew how much…

They could feel pampered by their parents and even siblings. Because of this, the younger could “develop social skills that will get other people to do things for them, thus contributing to their image as charming and popular,” (Whitbourne ll 36,37). And lastly, an only child has their parents undivided attention, which could lead to feeling, “scrutinized and controlled,” (Whitbourne ll 42).

I am a middle child. I am not the assertive, naturally confident first-born, nor am I an attention-seeking youngest child; I am the quiet, quintessential middle child. For the first 16 years of my life, I was always an afterthought to the craziness of my two sisters, and I loved it‒ it made me independent and self-reliant. I have always been very comfortable being the easy-going child, happily accepting anything that comes my way. Never have I felt that my parents loved me any less; they merely had to worry less about me than they did my siblings, with their stubbornness and constant desire for affirmation. I easily slid under the radar, preferring to mind my own business and handle problems on my own. There was never anything wrong with my

For the first five years of my childhood, I was raised in a single parent home. My mother would have to work harder to provide anything that was needed for me and my other siblings. But that changed when my father came back into our lives when I turned six. From that point on our family structure took a drastic change for the better. My mother didn't have to work as long as before, so we were able to see her more often. Having two parents at home caused the quality of our lives become better than it was before when only one parent supported us. For many households, however the reality is that only one parent during their upbringing. This does have a rather big effort on them in the life of the child and the parent who is raising the child. A single parent household harms the parent and the child.

I remember that I always had hypotheses about my siblings and why they were treated differently, why we treated each other differently, and why they always messed with me. These were just ways I attempted to understand why life was the way it was, I never really understood anything I was saying. Now that I have read this chapter, I can look back on my relationship with my brothers and most of the things I can remember are either fun memories, or memories where they were being “mean” to me. I think it was just hard for me to be the only girl, because I often felt left out. It’s those positive and negative moments that shaped me into who I am today. At the same time, I have friends who are only children, but they tuned out very similar to me. Sibling relationships aren’t just about the interactions between siblings, but how we interact with all those around us, specifically peers. We learn how to invest in a relationship and enjoy each other, or else we ruin the friendship. Taking lessons learned here we are able to apply them to or sibling relationships. This might provide a possible explanation for why some relationships improve and others don’t. As we get older, we are able to use our experiences and new social skills to help build those relationships with our siblings, even more so when we are separated, such as one going to college. We realize that a relationship will suffer because we are no longer required to be around it. We now need to invest in it before it’s

When I came home and told my mom about my conversation, she was ecstatic. “Are you kidding me, that’s huge!” she exclaimed. She knows me better than anyone else, and she also knows that being an only child put me at a disadvantage socially. I was a shy child; I never spoke up or volunteered my opinions in fear of embarrassment. But that day in the daycare, I led the group activity: Follow the

Significant relationships and life experiences that have I have had in giving or receiving help that have motivated me to enter the field of social work would be my dealings with other social workers I have worked with at the Veterans Affairs Hospital in Southern California and my life experience as a military child and my experience serving, retiring and making a successful transition from active duty service member to civilian from the Navy. I am the only child to my biological parents. My childhood seemed normal, standard and carefree. My early beginnings were uneventful and ordinary. In elementary school I performed well academically, and participated in the Boy Scouts.

If you have siblings you will have to share everything, so you get less; but you also get less of the bad things. Siblings can support and comfort each in times of trouble. The elder siblings learn to care for the younger ones and the younger ones learn to respect their elder siblings and have someone to look up to besides their parents. You are more balanced person than an only child.

Parenting styles have had many controversial issues over the decades. The way people raised their children back in the 50’s and 60’s are completely different from today society. Back then they believe in the nuclear family, which is a family with a mom, dad, and children. They believe staying together at all cost. If something was breaking or broken you fixed it. At times you wonder if they stayed for love, money, or just for the sake of the children. Now and days it is not the same. Families are broken up for many reasons. Rather it be by death, the other parent wanting out (such as divorce). But in the end there is always a single parent left to take care of the kids in most situations. When something like this happens a negative connotation is brought to the single parent. This paper would show the effects of being raised by a single parent. Just like everything in life there is a good and bad side to everything. So in this paper you should learn the negative and positive effect of being raised by a single parent. The problem of the matter is that society tends to write off the child of single parents. Stating that they are lead down this road of destruction and grouping the entire single parent raised children without seeing the other side. Not saying that being raised by a single parent does not come with it hardships, but the fact is that there is still hope for those children and they can do very well. By always stating the negative it leaves the

Growing up I was an only child, but I remember always wishing that I had an older sibling or was born a twin or that maybe someday I would be a big sister myself. My Aunt Sherry lived close by while my cousin Morgan, who is eight months older than I, and myself grew up and we were extremely close;, she still feels more like my younger but older sister to this day. When we were five and six years old my Aunt Sherry had fraternal twins, a girl and a boy, Macey and Collin. Now I felt that I had three siblings. Come the third grade, when Morgan and I were eight and nine years old, my Aunt Sherry moved to Indiana taking my cousins with her. I had never wanted siblings as much as I did at this point.

Before a child has friends they have their family. Everything that they know and love about the world mostly comes from what they see around in their house. Children usually find role models in their family most of the time it is the child’s sibling. Yet only children don’t have that experience of living with another child and begin to develop their personality and traits from what they see in their parents. An only child’s role model is usually their mom or dad. Most of their time is anyway spent with them. Looking up to an adult rather than a younger being can really change a lot about the child’s personality. Only child are mostly known to be

Some times i had wished i was an only child. Perks of me being an only child i would never have to deal with friends crushing on my siblings, and plus  I wouldn't ever have to share my room. I am always want to get the most amount of attention to my parents but guess they wanted to make us all equal even though we're not all treated equal, but never understood why that is.