...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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...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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...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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...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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...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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...Sibling Rivalry Causes Depression in Mother's Favorite Child: Study By Barbara Odozi | Submitted On February 02, 2016 Recommend Article Article Comments Print Article Share this article on Facebook Share this article on Twitter Share this article on Google+ Share this article on Linkedin Share this article on StumbleUpon Share this article on Delicious Share this article on Digg Share this article on Reddit Share this article on Pinterest Sibling rivalry has existed as long as families and has been a concern for most parents. Even though parents usually try to equally distribute their love among all their children, they do feel differently about them depending on their personalities, differing needs, dispositions and place in the family....
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...area that is often overlooked is the relationship between siblings, and more specifically the relationship between siblings during adulthood. This is often an area that most do not even think about. Very few sociologists have looked into this topic. Almost all studies done on sibling focus on either early childhood or adulthood; researchers know little about sibling relationships between the ages of 20 and 60. Some important questions on the topic include what types of relationships do you think are held between adult siblings? Do adult siblings have the same quality of relationships as siblings do during childhood? I found this a particularly interesting topic due to my own experiences and observations viewing many different groups of adult siblings and the various types of relationships that may have with one another. I will discuss various forms of adult sibling relationships using several past studies on the topic. Literature Review: As previously mentioned adult sibling ties are among the least studied of all family relations. Most of the studies that are concuted on siblings are done during childhood. In some studies, such as one mentioned in Gender Differences in Adult Sibling Relations in Two-Child Families from the Journal of Marriage and Family 68 (November 2006), gender is said to play a significant role in the closeness of kin relationships. Studies such as this one pay closer attention to differences in sibling relationship quality based on genders in two-child families...
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...Sibling rivalry as a factor affecting the Behavior of the Selected High School Students in Saint Therese School SY 2013-2014 A Thesis Presented to the High School Department of Saint Therese School In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement In Thesis Writing Muhammad Hussam Ansari Fourth year-Honesty March 2014 TABLE OF CONTENTS Title page ………………………………………………………………………………… i Table of contents ………………………………………………………………………….. ii Approval Shee……………………………………………………………………………… iv Acknowledgement ………………………………………………………………………. v Chapter 1: The Problem and It’s Setting Introduction ………………………………………………………………………………… 1 Review of Related Literature & Studies ……..………………………………………….. 2 Significance of the study ………………………………………………………………….. 3 Hypothesis …………………………………………………………………………………… 4 Scope and Delimitation …………………………………………………………………… 5 Conceptual framework ……………………………………………………………………. 6 Definition of terms …………………………………………………………………………. 7 Chapter 2: Research Methods and procedures Research design ……………………………………………………………………………. 8 Research locale ………………………………………………………………………………. 9 Research instrument …………………………………………………….…………………. 10 Population and sample ……………………………………………………………………. 10 Sampling technique …………………………………………………………………… 10 Gathering procedure ………………………………………………………………………. 12 Chapter 3: Presentation, Analysis and Interpretation of Data Age of respondents...
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...effect of birth order or having siblings plays a huge role in the development of children and adult, because this topic is broad this will be focused on whether or not that birth order has a role in developing their abilities to cooperate with other people, mental stability, and “positional concerns in terms of income and success.” Significance of birth order was first introduced by Alfred Adler, he believed the order the person was born influenced his or her personality due to a “psychological situation created by the presence...
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