Dear Editor,
In the past, people tended to think it is good to have a big family, so most of the people had their siblings. But nowadays, the majority of people think it is difficult to raise so many children. I am writing to express my view on the advantages and disadvantages of both sides.
First of all, we could learn the communication skills while we are growing up with siblings. It is not different for us to come across some kindergarten students who are the only child at home. They are not nice to their schoolmates. It is because they are self-centred. Since they were born, all the seniors will focus all their attention on them. They are treated like a prince or a princess. Probably they will have what they want easily. That is why they don’t know how to treat people nicely or respect the others. On the contrary, the child growing up with siblings would know how to care and love others since they were small. They would understand that other people are also as important as them. So they would have close relationship with the other children easily.
Moreover, we would have a better childhood with the siblings than being an only child. Nowadays, in society, most parents need to work, and they do not have much time to be with their child. If we have siblings, we would not feel bored even our parents are busy. Having one whom we could play with, we will not feel bored and lonely at home.
The proponent may say that the only child would have parents’ undivided attention. They could receive all the love from parents, while it would have to be shared among siblings if there is more than one child in the family. Although it is the fact that we cannot change, from another point of view, actually we could receive the love from our siblings too. Besides being cared by the parents, we can also have more people’s love than the only child at home.
In conclusion, whether it is better to have siblings or not depends on if the parents want to have more than one child. If parents love their children the same, it is good no matter being an only child or one with siblings.
Yours faithfully,
Chris Wong