Sure, the lower daycare bills and lack of sibling squabbles are nice, but the research reveals even greater perks for singletons — and for their parents.
that only children are also more likely than sibling-havers to go to college and have better-paying jobs as adults.That same 1987 study found that only children do better at talking themselves through tough times and metabolizing difficult feelings than kids with siblings.found that having siblings made adolescence more difficult — and more likely to result in depression. Ergo, having no siblings makes that already tough time a little less hard.
Of course, I don’t mean to imply that only children are somehow superior — or that there aren’t downsides to the one-and-done arrangement. It’s a given that for some, to be an only is, well, lonely. But then, every kid is different, and surely this isn’t true of all of them. In the end, the point is this: Whenever someone implies that you’re doing your kid a disservice by failing to provide them with a sibling, you can rest easy knowing that this is simply not the case. In fact, you may be doing your child — and yourself — a big favor.
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