Contrast between Growing up as a Single Child and with Siblings
Aoi Watanabe
AW4
In-class Writing #3
June 9, 2014
Compare and Contrast Growing up as a Single Child and with siblings I grew up as an only child until I was 4 years old. Before, I always asked my parents to play with me and I wanted a brother. After my brother was born, I always played with him. However, I felt my parent took care of him more than me. It made me felt jealous on him. When I was in elementary school, I had many friends to play with, so I did not feel bad even though my parent sometimes neglect me. My brother and I always compare and want to the better than each other. Since I have experienced both growing as only child and with siblings, I have several perspectives similarities and differences between rising up in single child family and having siblings. No matter we have siblings or not, are the first one we communicate with, so parents are their role model in their childhood. Parents are the one who can affect their children the most. It may determine their personality by different methods of parenting. Growing up as only child and with siblings can have similar personality. For instance, I have a younger bother but my friend does not. Our parents have similar occupation and they are talkative people. When my friend and I was developing our personality, we both have a out-going mind and easy to talk with people. Therefore, parents are the most important characteristic when we are growing up.
Only children don’t grow up with interaction, so they learn to be children on their own. Children, who have brothers and sisters, are raised among their siblings. They tend to compare with their playmates. When they have conversation, play games together, or solve problems, they can share their different opinions in order to learn how to cooperate with people. By the time they are growing up, elder siblings always can help parents to take care younger siblings. Younger siblings also can learn from older siblings because children are easier to
AW4
In-class Writing #3
June 9, 2014
Compare and Contrast Growing up as a Single Child and with siblings I grew up as an only child until I was 4 years old. Before, I always asked my parents to play with me and I wanted a brother. After my brother was born, I always played with him. However, I felt my parent took care of him more than me. It made me felt jealous on him. When I was in elementary school, I had many friends to play with, so I did not feel bad even though my parent sometimes neglect me. My brother and I always compare and want to the better than each other. Since I have experienced both growing as only child and with siblings, I have several perspectives similarities and differences between rising up in single child family and having siblings. No matter we have siblings or not, are the first one we communicate with, so parents are their role model in their childhood. Parents are the one who can affect their children the most. It may determine their personality by different methods of parenting. Growing up as only child and with siblings can have similar personality. For instance, I have a younger bother but my friend does not. Our parents have similar occupation and they are talkative people. When my friend and I was developing our personality, we both have a out-going mind and easy to talk with people. Therefore, parents are the most important characteristic when we are growing up.
Only children don’t grow up with interaction, so they learn to be children on their own. Children, who have brothers and sisters, are raised among their siblings. They tend to compare with their playmates. When they have conversation, play games together, or solve problems, they can share their different opinions in order to learn how to cooperate with people. By the time they are growing up, elder siblings always can help parents to take care younger siblings. Younger siblings also can learn from older siblings because children are easier to