...2015 Being an only child vs Siblings In today’s society “being the only child” and “having siblings” has been a question that have been asked from time to time. Some people think it’s better to be the only child, others feel like having siblings is the way to go. In my opinion as an only child I think having siblings is way better. Being an only child has a lot of benefits but having siblings outweighs being an only child If you’re an only child your parents only have you to spend money on without having to worry that they have share amongst you other siblings something. As an only child you grow up more independently and being able to fend for yourself better. You get more attention from your parents you never have to compete with anyone to get all of the attention from your parents but of course if you had other siblings your parents would have to share their attention. Another good thing about being an only child is your maturity level is always higher than people your age, your mentality is always different than people your age.so people will often tell you that your so mature for your age. This also makes you more introverted as a person because you get to spend more time alone. And think about stuff differently. The most important pro to being an only child is you have no sibling rivalry. Having sibling rivalry prevents so much issues in a family. There are some disadvantages to being an only child...
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...The Most Unwanted Blessing A sibling relationship is hard to describe in a single word other than the word confusing. They are the few individuals in life that you classify as the walking devil. The one that eats the food you had in the fridge with your name on it, the one that steals your charger in the middle of the night leaving you with no phone battery for the next day; they are the only ones in life with the single most goal — to irritate you beyond words. On the flip side, their presence comforts you; they know exactly what you are feeling without you saying a word; they inspire you, and above, all they are your best friends. Although some may argue that they wish their parents would have never had children besides themselves, having...
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...the topics such as parenting, how siblings relate to each other, also divorce & remarried. I was looking over sibling in the book thought it was fascinating when it mention biological, psychological, and social cultural forces help determine how well siblings get along, and it mention something about sibling with the same sex are more likely to be warm and harmonious towards each other, and I laughed because me and my sister we are the total opposite is more of hate and resentment. It also parents have a lot to do with sibling’s relationship like it mention directly and indirectly. Direct stems from parents’ treatment, and indirect stems of quality of the parent’s relationship with each other, for instant if parents get along, then siblings will have a positive relationship, and if not then siblings will have conflict between each, other, and I really don’t agree with that because I know when theirs conflict between my mom and step dad me and my sister have a dislike for my step dad, and we talk about it, and we never have conflict with each other when that is happening, is like we become closer. The book it also mention something about siblings get along better when each has a unique, well-defined relationship with parents, I kind off don’t agree with that as well, cause with me and my sister is different when I look at it like that is more of you have a better relationship with this parent so that makes you special and leaves the other sibling feeling certain way about that (almost...
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...When the Bully Is a Sibling When the Bully Is a Sibling is text by Anahad O’Connor from The New York Times, who writes about how fighting and bickering between siblings, as we will call normal sibling arguments, can cause psychological abuse. Researches proofs that fights between siblings damage as much as if you were been bulling in school or playground, and it should be taken much more seriously. The families don’t acknowledge the fights, punched and kicking between the siblings and the parents thinks that the children might find it out. People think that if you were been hurt by a child, it doesn’t damaged as much if you were been hurt by an adult, but it isn’t truth. 2. Give an outline of the positive and negative aspects of sibling rivalry as presented in texts 2 and 3 Outline of A nasty case of sibling rivalry and Sibling rivalry lead to success and popularity in later life. I will describe the positive and negative aspects of sibling rivalry between texts 2 and 3. In the article by Joanna Briscoe, A nasty case of sibling rivalry describes Joanna that sibling rivalry was daily for her and her brother. “To us, the conflict was a matter of life or death” (p. 4 l. 10-11) The fights was very dangerous. They were beating each other to the ground because of jealousy, and they were scared to be left. “Underneath all this is the fear of being rejected or abandoned by their parents (…)” (p. 5 l. 45-46) Karen Doherty says that “Four out of five siblings will torment, kick...
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...We couldn't do it without loved ones cheering us on from start to finish. One person that should enter our support system is a sibling. There are reasons brothers and sisters make great friends and better sounding boards, but five stands above the rest. They provide a deep understanding Let's delve into the deep understanding further. The deep connection comes from growing up together. You live in the same house as the sibling following the same rules. You go to the same school, laugh at the same corny jokes, and share the same items. A sibling is your pal first. You can share your deepest secrets and they won't judge you. Siblings just "get it." They...
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...Autism is a disorder that many children in America have, but the best way to deal with this disorder is to find ways to progress with their abilities to learn and better their everyday skills. There are many different treatments of Autism for children that can help with their skills. Autism is a neuro developmental disorder that has alternative treatments with medical care and support from others. The best periods to get these treatments are for young children were they’re still learning developmental skills. The three main ideas I am discussing are the physical, social, and medical treatments for this disorder. The physical treatments that are around to support children with Autism are therapy. There are different types of therapy they can get support with such as occupational, sensory, and craniosacral therapy. These therapies can significantly help these children’s motor skills. In the Article “Traditional occupational Therapy Services for Youth with Neurologic and developmental disabilities, by Windy Chou and Minerva Duong they stated that “Occupational therapists aim to improve client factors and skills that will enable re-engagement or new engagement in valued activities. Valued activities can include work, and community integration, which is one of the instrumental activities of daily living. Typically developing youth and young adults have many life skills to learn to prepare them for post-secondary schooling, or independent living, such as money and health management...
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...The biological mothers parental rights were surrendered for Lindsey’s three siblings after they entered the system. After being released from the RTF, Lindsey, at age 16, joined her siblings in a foster home where she has been displaying positive behaviors and establishing positive relationships with her siblings and foster parents. Recently, Lindsey was freed for adoption by her biological father. Lindsey’s foster parents waited for the parents to give up their rights in order to adopt all 4 children on the same day. Lindsey will become part of a family with two parents and 5 siblings. Lindsey will be part of a positive, healthy family once she is officially adopted. As Lindsey has been living with her foster family for a short period of time, we are working on improving her self-esteem and relationships with her foster parents and...
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...I am the oldest of two children, with only a two-year difference between me and my younger sister, we are not nearly the same person. We both have our own characteristics that shape us to be the person we are, most of these traits we have are not similar. We are not the same when it comes to our personality and we are definitely not treated them same when it comes to our parent's expectations of us. We do not have the same outlook on life and we rarely ever agree on anything. I do believe being the younger child can sometimes be a challenge but I cannot compare it to being the eldest. Being the eldest is a challenge especially when you are expected to resolve every situation that occurs between you and your sibling. Whenever my and I sister...
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...Introduction: Eighty percent of families in the United States have more than one child, which means if you’re reading this, you most likely have a sibling. Whether you have a sibling or not, you’ve probably also heard of something called the birth order effect. If you’re unfamiliar with this title for it, it is simply the theory that the order in which you were born has an impact on your adult personality. The theory goes as follows. The first-born child is usually the quickest to learn how to please their parents. They become reliable, controlling, conscientious, achieving, cautious, and structured. The middle child is usually unbiased, levelheaded, very social, a people-pleaser, a good friend and peacemaker. The baby of the family usually...
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...child who has better educational performance over other siblings. Introduction “Your parents, they give you your life, but then they try to give you their life” (Palahniuk, n.d.). Parents love their children so much that they sometimes do not bother to sacrifice their lives for them. But the question is-can parents always play a fair role to all their children. We see many children who are weak in studies are neglected by parents in hearing their decisions or suggestions and often those children hear more scold from their parents than other siblings who are good in studies. This type of negative attitude towards the child who is weak in studies makes him/her weaker in future life. Obviously parents want to see their children at the highest pick of success and that’s why they are more concerned with the child who has better educational performance than other siblings. Parents show bias attitude towards better educational performing child over other siblings as he/she meets parents’ expectation and they feel proud to talk about him/her to others. They also consider him/her to be the last hope at their old days. This research paper considers whether parents really show bias attitude toward the child who has better educational performance by focusing on three aspects: 1. Better educational...
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...The eldest is most likely to be smarter and more motivated to do better in school than younger siblings. According to the article, “Why First-Born Kids Do Better in School” by V. Joseph Hotz, the first-born is more likely to do well in school than other siblings because parents are likely to push them to do their best. The parents are new and young so they want to make sure they do it right with the first child to set a goal for younger siblings. After they successfully motivate their first child into triumph they tend to slack off when the young siblings come along. When the parents slack with the other children they don’t get the learning experience their older sibling received so they aren’t as intelligent. As stated by the article, “First-born...
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...longevity. Comparison of centenarians and their shorter-lived peers (died at age 65 and sampled from the same pool of online genealogies) confirmed that birth timing in the second half of the calendar year predicts survival to age 100. Parental longevity as well as some childhood and midlife characteristics also proved to be significant predictors of exceptional longevity. 1 Introduction Studies of centenarians (people living to 100 and older) could be useful in identifying factors leading to long life and avoidance of fatal diseases. Even if some individual characteristics have a moderate protective effect on the risk of death, people with this trait/condition should be accumulated among long-lived individuals, because of cumulative survival advantage. Thus, studying centenarians may be a sensitive way to find genetic, familial, environmental and life-course factors associated with lower mortality and better survival. Most studies of centenarians in the United States are focused on either genetic...
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...person’s personality traits and determine what type of traits they will have. Birth order can affect a first born’s personality traits and determine their personality. There are many traits that are corresponded with the first born child. Many believe that first-born children tend to be adult-oriented, inffinitive, conservative, creative, dependent, fearful, introspective, uncertain, and vulnerable. They tend to express their anger indirectly and become leaders even though they may have a low self-esteem(Eckstein pp. 66). Firstborn children tend to be more responsible and have better leadership skills. The oldest child may head towards more roles of leadership or authority. However, they can sometimes be sensitive to hierarchy(Stewart pp.365). The oldest child position is viewed as dominant-aggressive, which is a quality that reflects both strength and weakness. The oldest child is the only...
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...Abstract There have been many examinations of birth order and the effect it has on a person’s intelligence. Some researchers feel that first-born children have higher IQ’s than that of their younger siblings. It has been said that first-born children are natural leaders. Siblings of first-born children perceive them to be academically smarter. Eldest children are known to perform higher on standardize testing than younger children in the family. Other researchers have stated that family size/home life, age of mother and circumstances around the birth of each individual child determines where they are intellectually. Researchers need to look at every aspect of the child’s life before they decide which child is smarter. Intelligence and Birth Order: Are They Connected? Birth order is where a person ranks in regards to age among their siblings, from oldest to youngest and vice-versa. There is much debate on the relationship between a person birth order and how intelligent we are. Many studies have been done to determine if there is a link to the firstborn having a higher IQ in general compared to their siblings. Some people would agree that birth order has a profound influence over intelligence; however, others are in opposition to this. The opposition feels that birth order has no effect when it comes to intelligence. Does birth order cause children to have lower or higher intellect or is this caused by factors within the home? There have been many studies...
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...lullaby “Hush little baby”, I never considered what might actually happen "when the bough breaks" in real life until I found myself with a close friend one night, trying to comprehend the loss of her older brother, who had just been killed in a car accident. The circumstances required me not only to cope with my own sense of grief but also to understand and respond to the intense trauma her and her parents were experiencing. Since that night, I have considered how parents respond when a child dies. Given the complexity and gravity of individual human responses, I hope is that this paper will provide insight into my experience as well as help members of families and friends to better understand how the loss of a child affects parents and siblings while highlighting ways to provide meaningful support. For most bereaved parents, the consequences of the death of a child cannot adequately be expressed in words. Despite extreme efforts to empathize, those who have not experienced a child's death cannot fully know what it is like. However, I have found that knowledge surrounding bereavement can provide a helpful glimpse of understanding, as well as ideas for how to respond to parents and needs when their child dies. For most people, our family defines who we are. We do not identify ourselves simply as mothers, fathers, spouses, in-laws, or grandparents, but as family members. For example, "I am not a mother of 3 children. I am a mother of Haley, Emma and Brent." A child's death challenges...
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