Only Child Benefits, According to Those Who Lived It

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More and more parents who believe they want and can afford more children are moving in the one-child direction. Nonetheless, some worry about the future of their only child without siblings, especially in adulthood when having a sibling may be supportive or comforting in the care of parents.

But as Tina, one thirty-year-old mother who has no plans to have more children, told me, “I don’t think I should live my current life worrying about the future. Too much can happen...