I am an only child and have no siblings it has come great benefits!
I'll bet it does! I'm one of four, so I never had that experience. What did you like about being an only child?
I liked not having to share anything which caused alot less fighting!
Very nice! Did your parents ever think about having more kids?
No. They knew having one child was relatively uncommon but decided just to have one.
At least you never had to wear hand me downs! What else was great about being the only child?
20th century, birth rates and average family sizes fell sharply, for a number of reasons including increasing costs of raising children and more women having their first child later in life. The proportion of families in the U.S. with only children increased during the Great Depression but fell during the Post–World War II baby boom. After the Korean War ended in 1953, the South Korean government suggested citizens each have one or two children to boost economic prosperity, which resulted in significantly lowered birth rates and a larger number of only children
in spite of great ambitions, good intentions, and real effort, my hopes have nevertheless been completely ship-wrecked...You say, darling, that you would never have caused me hardship "intentionally"...I only regret the lack of any intention or desire – or rather insight – to be more to me, and that does not mean spending all your time with me, without wishing to share anything with me at the same time. But I am wrong to talk of these things. Your letters are so dear and