In two recent decades, the number of one-child families has been documented to be the quickest on the rise. Proponents of more-than-one-child families proffered an opinion that the chances of bringing up an overindulged child are ominous in this type of families, while others hold that inhabiting in one-child families positively impacts adolescents' demeanour. Below are some merits and demerits of being a single child in this household type.
On the positive side, being an only child should boost one's sense of precociousness and independence. Naturally, in the single-child household, the child opts to learn how to single-handedly fend for themselves as no available siblings around, thereby encouraging their intellectual development, which makes their future career not an arduous task should they be obliged to work independently later on in life. One paragon can embody that is that when children in single-child families are tasked to do house chores, they fail to sway anyone else into doing their tasks; whereas, in large families, they are either inclined to skip or pass. Hence, as compared to the others, adolescents in this type are much rather mature.
On the flipped side, amounting consensus on the drawback of being an only child is: parents are highly likely to spoil their progeny due to their detrimental parenting. It is not uncommon that parents of single-child families have the propensity to foster silver-spoon lifestyles on their offsprings; nevertheless, the gravity of doing so is, as is often the case, dismissed. Besides, the progeny of this family type is deemed far more significant than any other. If their children misbehave, they are prone to neglect their children’s faults and place their blame on the others in lieu, which causally abets apathetic demeanours towards other people and a reckless way of life.
In summary, being nurtured in the single-child family presents its both pros and cons; however, how a child grows out solely pivots on how their parents parent their significant one.
In two recent decades, the number of one-child
families
has
been documented
to be the quickest on the rise. Proponents of more-than-one-child
families
proffered an opinion that the chances of bringing up an overindulged
child
are ominous in this type of
families
, while others hold that inhabiting in one-child
families
positively
impacts adolescents'
demeanour
. Below are
some
merits and demerits of being a single
child
in this household type.
On the
positive
side, being an
only
child
should boost one's sense of precociousness and independence.
Naturally
, in the single-child household, the
child
opts to learn how to single-
handedly
fend for themselves as no available siblings around, thereby encouraging their intellectual development, which
makes
their future career not an arduous task should they
be obliged
to work
independently
later on in life. One paragon can embody
that is
that when children in single-child
families
are tasked
to do
house
chores, they fail to sway anyone else into doing their tasks; whereas, in large
families
, they are either inclined to skip or pass.
Hence
, as compared to the others, adolescents in this type are much
rather
mature.
On the flipped side, amounting consensus on the drawback of being an
only
child
is:
parents
are
highly
likely to spoil their progeny due to their detrimental parenting. It is not uncommon that
parents
of single-child
families
have the propensity to foster silver-spoon lifestyles on their
offsprings
;
nevertheless
, the gravity of doing
so
is, as is
often
the case, dismissed.
Besides
, the progeny of this
family
type
is deemed
far more significant than any
other
. If their children misbehave, they are prone to neglect their children’s faults and place their blame on the others in lieu, which
causally
abets apathetic
demeanours
towards
other
people
and a reckless way of life.
In summary,
being nurtured
in the single-child
family
presents
its
both pros and cons;
however
, how a
child
grows out
solely
pivots on how their
parents
parent
their significant one.