The decision to have one or more children depends on many factors, family, economic, organizational and emotional. Sometimes you have only one child Yes, for whatever reason you can not have more, but others is a conscious and thoughtful decision, a way of seeing motherhood and life.
There are those who decide to have only one child because he was an only child and enjoyed that situation. In other cases, having had siblings has not been an experience that we consider indispensable in our lives and that our own son does not have siblings, we can see it as an advantage or as something indifferent.
After all, the brothers have their good and bad things, even if they are great people and were good playmates and life. There are fights, although there is also love; There is jealousy although there is also learning coexistence But all this can also be had with great close friends who share day to day, love and meet each other.
Have only one child It is not a reason for anyone to sympathize or criticize us, whether due to circumstances that oblige us to do so or by our own decision. The relationship with an only child also has advantages, the child will not share the attention of his parents with another little brother and they will be able to concentrate his dedication, attention and resources to him.
My son is an only child and possibly continues to be. He doesn't feel alone because he has his parents and grandparents with great intensity and complicity. He has many friends, some chosen directly by him and others by family friends. Some are like brothers and do not have the same age, from Pablo who is 14 to Dani who is 8 or Samuel who is 5 are his brothers at heart, they learn and take care of themselves, discuss and reconcile, share experiences and games with intensity and sure time not to see your position in the disputed home. Life will not separate them and they will grow together until they have, in adult life, shared experiences and different visions.
Really some parents who want have only one child they worry about whether they deprive the child of an important part of life if they don't give him brothers. Having a child should be a conscious and desired decision by the parents, not to give up not to leave the major alone. As the true brothers choose them in life, they can share our genes or be strangers that become part of our souls.
An only child can be a complete child, happy, full of experiences and surrounded by a large human group that supports and shelter. One child It can grow with games and sharing, although, of course, not having other children at home we should take it as one of the facets of his personality that we, parents, attend, offering an environment rich in human experiences.
