marlene, 5 months [Offensive? Unsuitable? Report this comment.]

i have a seven year old only child who is a wonderfull kind sharing little boy i dont feel he has missed out on any thing as my brother and sister have lots of children,he is top of his class at school i think that is because my husband and i spent a lot of time with him before he went to school,it has definatly given him an advantage he is a very sociable child with lots of freinds he doesnt seem to of missed out at all. If i ask him if he would like a brother or sister he says he is just happy with just me his dad and two dogs

Kimberly, 9 months [Offensive? Unsuitable? Report this comment.]

I am an only child myself and although I definately don't feel I missed out on attention, achedemicly, on my mother or fathers love or on possessions during my child-hood. However I have never wanted an only child, I love the idea of a large family. I didn't enjoy it when all my other friends and family had their sisters and brothers and large family occasions. I consequently adopted my godmother as my second mother and her children became more like brother and sister for me and I considered them all my extended family. My partner and I are trying for our second child. Our Daughter, Lara, is 2 and a half I have been worried about leaving a large age gap. Although life may not be easy to 'plan out' I have always known other only children to want a considerably larger family than the one they grew up in!