I always envisaged having 2 children but I’m finding parenting hard and have no desire to go back to the start.
I see a lot of reasons for stopping at 1 child are usually fertility and finances.
but has anyone stopped just because they simply don’t want a second child for reasons like:
-less strain on relationship with your partner
-can afford 2 but want a better lifestyle for 1
-both parents working full time busy jobs and no family help so wish to put all energy and time into 1 child
-more feasible to retain some of ‘old’ life like hobbies, interests and socialising and have some personal down time
I often see it said on here ‘don’t have a second child just for sibling!!’ But then others will trot out the stereotypes about only children being lonely and selfish…
I also look around and can see some lovely sibling relationships but also some ranging from indifference to being estranged/no contact with a lot of trauma caused from childhood into adulthood…. So nothing can be guaranteed.
can anyone empathise or had similar reasons to above for sticking to 1 child?
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darkchocolatecoffee · 16/03/2024 21:05
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