Greetings community, for me it is a pleasure to publish for the first time here which pleases me very much, although I have been subscribing for several months, but as there was not the opportunity, it presented itself at this moment and here I am saying present.
In the seventies of the last century and before, you could find families with 7 to 10 children from the same father and mother, there were very few families with 3, 2 or 1 child, and the truth is that in those times families were mostly very large.
I have friends and acquaintances who all come from large families, I have friends who have had 7 siblings, some of them are no longer in this plane, but that is their family origin.
By the sixties of the last century we began to see families with 2, 3 and even 4 children maximum, because it was already more difficult to maintain such large families and each time it has been shortening that amplitude in the members of a family.
We can currently observe more families that only have one child, and it is a situation that is becoming normal, whereas before it was normal for families to be very large.
Now, our friend leaves us an invitation to analyze and reflect on the possibility of choosing between being an only child or having several siblings.
Being an only child certainly has its advantages as it will always be the center of attention of the family and surely it would be easier to please our childish requests and even as a teenager, I could have a room for me alone have toys that only I would take them in my house; my parents would have more time to devote and pamper me because I am alone.
However, this would have the disadvantage that I would be a child who will always have to play alone at home, maybe there would be a time when the toys would bore me because I would be alone.
When I grow up and go to school I would not have any company with whom to share those school experiences, and after each school day I would have to go to a lonely room, although full of toys and amusements, but as I already know them well enough, they end up boring me.
Having several siblings, all the games and toys that our parents buy us, we have to share them together and learn to respect when the other one is using them.
Not being an only child, the attention of our parents will not be only for me alone, but for all the siblings, and surely I would no longer have a room only for me, but I would have to share it with a sister.
The above would be the disadvantages of having several siblings, but among the advantages that I consider that I would have, is that I can play and share with another person the games and things would not be so monotonous.
When I go to school, I can do it in the company of my siblings, which would be more pleasant, because after school I would have someone to discuss the events of the school every day.
I would have many more friends, because I would have those that I make plus those of my siblings, which for the moments of birthdays would be very pleasant to have many friends.
Therefore, if I had to choose between being an only child or having several siblings, I would choose to have several siblings.
Among the reasons that I like the option of having several siblings, is because I like the numerous meetings, the family reunions with many members present, the walks when they are carried out with several members of the family are very pleasant.
That is why nowadays when I meet a family or a relative who has only one child, I always advise them to have another one because when they are children they keep each other company and play together wonderfully.
No longer those large families that used to be seen in the last century, because the current situation does not allow for it, but at least families can at least have two children.
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