What are the advantages and disadvantages of being an only child??

when i was a child i use to play alone i would like to play in alone only

Hi, Sutan you must be the only Child. I bet your parents spoiled you. the disadvanages is I guess when you were little, you always needed someone to play with, am I right.

Hi sutan, For parents they get lot of time to take case of their only one child.they can give a pretty atmosphere and all facilities.all the wealth and money owes him.there is on need to share off. For child.he feels alone,when he sees neighbour siblings.he get bore of their parents sometimes.more over he get lot of nurse from their parents. In society.sometimes he delp loneliness.sometimes he cant know how to react to a situation. happy MyLoting:-)

Not having been an only child I don't know but I do know I spent most of my childhood wishing I was. LOL :-)

As with everything in life there is always an advantage and a disadvantage to anything we do in life . The advantages to being an only child would be that you would always have the full attention of your parents and never have to work to get their attention away from siblings . There would always be more for an only child as their would be less children to have to worry about where one was getting the money for . But some of the disadvantages of being an only child would be that you would not necessarily learn how to share and get along with others as you would be used to having things your way . It could be boring when there was no one else to play with or amuse one when the parents were too busy to entertain .

Hi :) I think its not that nice of being an only child.. It wil be damn boring.. In home we need somebody to fight, play, to talk blah blah blah.... I have one brother and sis am enjoying, am having a really good time with them.. So as per me being an only child itslef a great disadvantage, it'l surely made us to feel lonely.. Being lonely is good but only sometimes or else it'l surely lead to a deep depressions.... Thank u..

I'm not the only child. but I'm the only girl and it sucks not having any sister's to bond with.

I am from a large family but only had the one child myself. If you were to ask him he would say "it was all I knew, so how can I tell if it was good or bad. I had everything I needed as a child but not everything I wanted". He was not a lonely child, as he had friends to play with plus he enjoyed some solitary pursuits, i.e. reading as an example. That is generally his response anyway, and I honestly believe that it is right. Having an only child is not always from choice but sometimes from circumstances but whether you are an only child or have siblings, how you grow up depends on many factors. These can and do include the fact that your personality plays a part in how you interact with other people. It also depends on how you are treated by your parents and other adults, as well as children too of course. If the parents encourage and support the child to share, be kind and generous then all will be well in most instances. That applies whether you are talking about an only child or a family with more than the one child. As an example, our son has several very close friends from his childhood. Three he has known for 26 years, another 22 years and although they all live a distance from each other they are still good friends. They send emails and visit each other every so often, probably less than they would like as a couple of them (including our own son) are overseas and come home once every year or so. But when they are all home, they do get together and this has been the case since they completed their High School education 14 years ago. So, there are no disadvantages at all in being an only child, it has more to do with the upbringing and the personality of the person in question.

advantages: you get all the love & attention, you get the toys all to yourself, you mature faster coz you tend to have adults' company most of the time, you got no sibling to fight with, you tend to be self-reliant & would develop the ability to entertain yourself, you learn at an early age that being alone does not mean being lonely, you'll inherit everything. disadvantages: as you get all the love & attentiion, you get all the dos & donts from your parents as well, you get all the scoldings too (coz you got no one else to blame), you get shocked once you're let out of your 'protected' abode & get to discover how mean people could be, you'll miss the loving fights between siblings, you'll start school early just so you'd have playmates your age, your parents tend to be more strict (overprotective?), and as it is an advantage, it could be a disadvantage that you inherit everything.

i think being an only chid makes one self centered and egoistic.

only child can be lonely with no siblings but is also less stressful, you don't have to share your things, and you have no one to fight with. Only child tends to be spoiled getting all the attention from parents and everything he she wants financially because parents do not have divide among other kids, Only child also tends to hang out with older children and matures faster because they are used to adults for company. I was alone with my grandmother as well.

I actully wanted a younger brother or sister when I was little. I didn't get one untill I was almost 7 years old but I am glad to have a younger sister myself.

It depends on the child and the situation. Many people claim that siblings are the best thing in the world. I disagree very much, though. I was fine on my own. I didn't like being around other kids. I prefered to be around adults and listen to their conversations. I was 5 when my mother told me she was pregnant again. I hated it. I knew I would get rejected and discarded for the new baby. And guess what happened? My mother went back to work, and my father spent all of his time and attention with the baby. I didn't learn to "share", I learned to protect my things becuase I knew if she ever got her hands on it, my father would just let her have it. He thought it was funny that she stole my things and ruined them. He thought it was cute when she screamed, cried and threw temper tantrums. He thought it was cute when she beat, scratched and scarred me. If I ever did anything to retaliate or protect myself? He would beat me and call me a worthless bully. No siblings are not always great and some kids are better off by themselves.

when i was child, i feel happy, because i have a elder sister and little brothers, they play with me. there are many other children in my village. we were never feel lonesome. but if i were a child nowdays, i am afraid i will feel very lonely. as i know there are 20 babies the old as me. but there is only 2 in the year 1998, and only 1 baby in the 1999. the goverment forbid people to have more babies. so when a child nowdays find someone was born the same year with him/her, he/she will be very surprise. LOL

The advantage of being an only child is you do not have a brother or sister that will give you a hard time or tease you . Some brothers and sisters do not get along very well. I think there is more of a disadvantage not having a brother or sister as you would be the only child and not have someone to play with regularly or to share memories about your parents when they are no longer around. I think there would be more pressure to keep the family name going by yourself than if you had siblings to grow up with. I am glad that I have a brother and sister. It would be lonely being the only child.