Anonymous asked: Are kids who grow up without siblings more spoiled? Lately we’ve hung out with a lot of only childs (only children?) and they seem way more spoiled than kids with siblings. Is it just the sample we’ve spent time with? Or are they more spoiled because the parents can focus only on their needs without having to worry about balancing those needs with other kids’ needs?
We went to a gymnastics party where one little girl wanted a leotard because about a third of the other kids had them, so the mom left the party and went to buy her one.
We told a family we couldn’t go to the park with them because my husband was out of town and our kids are such different ages that having just one person watch them all didn’t work in the park the boy wanted to go to. The family called 4 times in 1 day to ask us to change our minds because their son really really wanted us to. (We suggested a different park but their son didn’t like that idea.)
We met a family who drives their 5 year old son 1.5 hours each way three times a week to play on a sports team he likes.
If it were me, I would just tell my kids no, but maybe I’m not nice enough. Or maybe I just don’t have the time to do these things and just pretend to myself that it is because I think doing them would make my kids spoiled. Or maybe doing these things isn’t a big deal for one but if you do it for multiple kids then the dam breaks and it is a huge mess so it is better just to not do it.
Do you think singletons are more spoiled or just better taken care of?
